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Trade unionists hope the Budget will deliver a major boost to schemes which will create jobs and develop skills.
The government is due to outline its fiscal plans on Thursday with future deficits and the possibility of a credit downgrade central to the government's concerns.
However, Council of Trade Unions secretary Peter Conway wants to see a Budget which is less about credit agencies and more about helping people who are facing unemployment.
He says they would most like to see investment in skills and job creation, including home insulation and Task Force Green, a government'subsidised on-the-job skills training shceme.
Conway says in the context of a global recession, New Zealand needs a Budget which invests in people and New Zealand's future.
The government has already signalled that lifting productivity is a key part of its economic strategy and has brought forward funding for infrastructure projects.
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