Kapiti Coaster

Stand together for health on 23 October On 23 October, nearly 17,000 PSA health members are striking for safe staffing, fair pay, and conditions to give quality care patients deserve.On 23 October, nearly 17,000 PSA health members are strik...

Here are the places and times for the Strike on Thursday 23 October.

www.psa.org.nz/campaigns/23...

The National government’s decision to cut $20 million towards Māori Trades Training in the budget will mean a further drop in apprentice numbers that we desperately need. In 2024, apprentice numbers declined by a further 11.8%. That’s more than 8,500 apprentices that will not be working here, on top of those that have already left for Australia. This cut only makes this shortage worse, despite national unemployment being at 5.1%. Minister Penny Simmonds has cancelled a plan that was addressing the financial viability of the vocational sector and has replaced it with legislation that provides no details and does not give the sector any certainty. She has failed to deliver on her promises. Minister Simmonds needs to front up and explain why she hasn’t ensured the continuation of this programme that would help more Māori train and contribute to alleviating critical workforce shortages. We know that Aotearoa New Zealand faces workforce shortages across the trades sector, as many of our young tradespeople are choosing to leave for Australia. A vital part of ensuring that we have the workforce we need to build the future New Zealand is that there are accessible opportunities for training and re-training, including those that are tailored for Māori. That is why Labour was proud to fund the Māori Trades and Training Programme alongside the Apprenticeship Boost Scheme. The programme helped to ensure that Māori organisations could offer employment-based training alongside support services that would help people to see a programme through to completion and make them more employable.

Nats: We are going to chuck 17 and 18 year olds off Jobseekers

Labour: We are going to help young people into apprenticeships

Which of these strategies do you really think works? #NZPol

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Seymour becomes Deputy PM this weekend. Sales of tinfoil hats and Ayn Rand books suddenly on special.

Ssshh… we didn’t say that.

Have a laugh 😆 , but don’t forget to do your RSB submission. And help someone else do theirs too.

Love the generosity and collective mahi going on ❤️

#NZPol

Regulatory Standards Bill - New Zealand Parliament Public submissions are now being invited on this Bill

It's now time for you to submit on the Regulatory Standards Bill.

This bill is now at Select Committee stage. If you made a submission at the earlier consultation stage, you need to resend it for the select committee stage. The same submission is all good.

www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...

"government has freed up billions of dollars"

Curious. Was it "freed up" from the Pay Equity Fund? #NZPol

PROTEST - FRIDAY 16 MAY 2025
WELLINGTON

Also

The National Party and its MPs are going berserk with doubling down on their lies over on Twitter/X.

Their posts are constant, and aren't going down well.

THURSDAY 22 MAY
WELLINGTON

PROTEST
FRIDAY 16 MAY
OUTSIDE NICOLA WILLIS'S OFFICE, WELLINGTON

PROTEST - FRIDAY 16 MAY 2025
WELLINGTON

Painted square sign with a red octagon looking like a stop sign. The words read STOP this attempt at GENDER WAGE THEFT

This is decidedly terrible weather to be walking to the CBD in. Absolutely pissing down rain at an angle with deep puddles on the roads and cars driving by through them. The things I do for protests. Oh well, I made a sign so I'm going anyway.

Bernard Hickey: The Govt’s retrospective law wrecks 33 pay equity deals. $17 billion in wages & back-pay will not now go to over 150,000 workers. That means the $14 billion of tax cuts going mostly to landlords & highest earners are being paid for by wage cuts for the poorest NZers, mostly women.

DETAILS OF PAY EQUITY RALLIES

Turn out. Get loud.
If you can't then sign the petition and share it. Talk to your mates and fam about issues. Email an MP. Write to your local newspaper.
We can all take an action all those little actions add up to a very big protest response

Pay Equity Events - NZCTU The Government using Pay Equity settlements as a way to fund their Budget is a new low.

PAY EQUITY RALLIES NATIONWIDE

DETAILS IN THE LINK HERE...

union.org.nz/pay-equity-e...

PAY EQUITY RALLY

FRIDAY 9 MAY 2025

TIMARU

1pm Outside Minister James Meager’s electorate office, 30 Canon Street, Timaru Central

PAY EQUITY RALLY

HASTINGS

Friday 9th May

4pm outside Catherine Wedd’s office.
129 Queen St E, Hastings 4122

Thanks - this has made me furious. All so the Nats can give taxpayers $$$ to folk that don't need it.

... None of that changes, it just means claims have to be based on women not getting paid as much as that is the problem I think we're all united on trying to fix.
I'm in Wellington Friday afternoon so won't be there but I wish you all the best. Thanks.
(Facebook post from Tim Costley)

. It's the pay we need to fix. Existing claims can still go ahead under the new rules. As an example, the first claim which started this in 2012 would still go ahead under these rules. None of that changes, it just means claims have to be based on women not getting paid as
/cont

...That should be the focus of pay equity. The changes Labour made in Government meant that claims were comparing 90 different sectors all at once and an admin clerk was compared with a fisheries officer, and they include things like CPI and the price of goods, not the actual pay. /cont.

Hey team. You're all really welcome to come along.
To be clear, the bill doesn't remove pay equity. National introduced pay equity in 2017 (it didn't exist before that). What we've done is focus this on sex-based discrimination so situations where women actually get paid less. /cont

Tum Costley responded to a facebook post justifying the change and blaming Labour.

Education - ECE teachers - Early Intervention teachers - Primary and Area teachers in state or state integrated schools - Secondary teachers in state or state integrated schools - Support workers, youth workers in residential schools, Education Service - Education Advisors (Learning Support) MoE - Psychologist MoE employed - Service Managers MoE employed - Early Learning Teachers - Tertiary Education Library Assistant - Tertiary Education Administration and Clerical Public Service - Public Service Administration/Clerical Claim 1 - Public Service Administration/Clerical Claim 2 - Corrections Psychologist - Corrections Probation Officer and Senior Practitioner Health - Social Service Workers (5 NGOs) - CSWs 1 (1.7.22) - CSWs 2 (20.11.23) - Front line Managers and Coordinators - Plunket Administration/Clerical - Plunket Nurses and Clinical - Community Midwives in Primary birthing units - Hospice Nurses and Health Care Assistants - Primary Care Administration - Primary Care Nurses - Access Community Nurses - Labtests Awanui - Nurses in Residential Care - NZ Artificial Limb Service - Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa Local government - Librarian and Librarian Assistant in Councils

These are the pay equity claims that the government wiped out in just two days to make its budget balance. It's appalling that tax breaks for tobacco companies are being funded by cutting women's pay rises and backpay.

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PAY EQUITY RALLY
PARAPARAUMU
There will also be a rally on
FRIDAY 9 MAY 2025 AT 12.30PM
outside Tim Costley's office ( the Saturday one is also going ahead)
3 Te Roto Drive, Paraparaumu

The most Chris Bishop thing ever said, insufferable cunt that he is