Wwrc Auckland

21/08/2026

The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi welcomes a new report from the Human Rights Commission detailing the intergenerational impact of P*P use in the timber industry.

Work should not make people sick, harm their whānau, or affect their mokopuna. We cannot let what happened to these workers happen to anyone else.

Read the full release in the comments ⬇️

21/08/2026

20/08/2026

On this day in 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, prohibiting the denial of the right to vote on the basis of s*x. The Library holds the records and library collection of the National Woman’s Party, which was instrumental in getting the legislation passed.

This collection includes hundreds of digitized photographs, showing party members, picket lines and protests. Explore the collection. ⬇️
https://www.loc.gov/collections/women-of-protest/about-this-collection/?loclr=fbloc

Image: Photograph of Alison Turnbull Hopkins with banner, "Mr. President How long must women wait for liberty," picketing for suffrage outside White House gate. January 30, 1917. Photograph published in "The Suffragist."

20/08/2026

19/08/2026

19/08/2026

19/08/2026

Workers First Union condemns the recent attacks on the labour movement of the Philippines. We offer our solidarity with the brave and tireless efforts of Jerome Adonis, Jacq Ruiz and other union representatives facing fabricated charges and arrest attempts from their own Government.

“The New Zealand Government is an important trading partner of the Philippines after signing a new Comprehensive Partnership framework in July 2026, and we urge Prime Minister Luxon to make it clear to his counterpart that economic cooperation depends on fairness and respect towards activists in the Philippines.” - Bill Bradford, Workers First Union President