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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 1d

#nzpol HUGE WIN for the Living Wage Movement as it's decided that Government-contracted cleaners, security guards, and catering workers will KEEP their Living Wage.
This a testament to organising power in action ✊

CTU congratulates Living Wage Movement for huge win - NZCTU

NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi President Richard Wagstaff is today congratulating the Living Wage Movement and trade unions for their victory in keeping the living wage in government procurement contracts.

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 2d

Sign the open letter: www.together.org.nz/public_owner...

Public Ownership of Electricity

Join us in building a better world

www.together.org.nz

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 2d

We're taking our power back. Sign our open letter to bring Aotearoa New Zealand's energy market back into public ownership. #nzpol

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 2d

4/4 "Women workers deserve fair pay and to have historical pay discrimination corrected. The public knows it, the evidence shows it, and come 2026, this Government will learn that undermining women's rights comes at a political price," said CTU Secretary Melissa Ansell-Bridges.

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 2d

3/4 This is not just an issue among left-wing voters: over a quarter (28%) of coalition voters opposed the changes, and of those half of them would switch their vote because of pay equity.

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 2d

2/4 The Horizon Research poll shows that 159,860 of the coalition parties’ 2023 voters would likely change their vote next election as a response to the gutting of pay equity. When surveyed, 42% of NZers opposed the changes. 69% thought the public should have been consulted.

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 2d

#nzpol #BREAKING 1/4 A new poll released by the NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi and the PSA shows that the coalition's attack on pay equity could cost them the Beehive in next year's election.
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Poll: Controversial pay equity changes could cost coalition the 2026 election

The survey, released by the Public Service Association and the Council of Trade Unions, found that more than a quarter of voters who backed the coalition parties in 2023 opposed the reforms.

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 3d

#nzpol A group of 20 senior economists including the NZCTU's Craig Renney has written to the Finance Minister and Prime Minister warning that the government’s economic strategy is failing and is causing “long-term harm” to communities across New Zealand.

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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 3d

#nzpol Sometimes a policy is so stupid it makes you question the very fabric of reality. Decisions so fabulously, almost wantonly dumb, you wonder if we actually live in a simulation. Welcome to the world of removing Jobseeker Support for 18 & 19-year-olds. craigrenney.substack.com/p/a-small-wr...

A small wrinkle in the Jobseeker policy

The government’s recent changes to benefits feel like this: the house is on fire, and this policy is them turning off the smoke alarm and saying it’s fixed

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 8d

#nzpol LARGEST STRIKE IN DECADES: More than 11,500 health workers and about 40,000 primary school teachers have voted to walk off the job on the same day - and thousands more may join them. The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi 100% backs our affiliate unions in advancing their collective agreements.

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 9d

6/6 Even their own press release states that the market has failed to invest, and we are now paying the price. The weak package put forward today shows how much better a publicly owned electricity system would be for the future of NZ.

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 9d

5/6 Instead of getting on with fixing the electricity system, the Government has sought to deliver an LNG terminal which will be years away – when renewable energy projects in New Zealand could be started now. This Govt has failed to address the challenges inherent in our current market...

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 9d

4/6 The Government claims that it wishes to ‘improve electricity market transparency and information’, yet it supported the Electricity Authority stopping the provision of information on electricity market margins earlier this year.

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 9d

3/6 Jobs are being lost on a weekly basis across New Zealand. High electricity prices are contributing to those losses. Households faced an average 11.4% increase in electricity prices. Yet the best thing that Government can do is write a sternly worded letter to the Generators.

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 9d

2/6 The Government’s proposed package of reforms to the electricity sector will do nothing to stem job losses, or manage the cost of living for New Zealanders. It’s time that New Zealand’s electricity supply was brought back into public hands, not just further mismanaged.

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 9d

1/6 NO POWER IN GOVT ELECTRICITY REFORMS: CTU Economist @clrenney.bsky.social on today's energy announcement. 🧵

#nzpol

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 9d

#nzpol CTU Economist @clrenney.bsky.social on The Panel last night: "The best energy systems around the world are publicly owned. In NZ, are you feeling the benefits of partial privatisation in your electricity bill or in the economy or in wider society? The answer to all those three things is no."

The Panel with Cindy Mitchener and Allan Blackman Part 1

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Cindy Mitchener and Allan Blackman First up, a collection of unions have suggested a radical idea to bring down power prices: why not ret...

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 10d

Snap poll on The Panel:

Should the power grid be nationalised?

Yes 91.8%
No 8.2%
#NZPol

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 10d

Read the full policy here: www.reimagineaotearoa.nz/publicly_own...

Publicly Owned Electricity

Reimagining Aotearoa Together

www.reimagineaotearoa.nz

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 10d

TAKING OUR POWER BACK:
NZCTU Economist @clrenney.bsky.social spoke in front of Parliament this morning about our plan to deliver affordable energy in New Zealand by bringing our electricity back into public ownership. #nzpol

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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 10d

#nzpol The CTU has today released its report on electricity in NZ. We are calling for electricity generators to be brought back into public ownership - and to recognise electricity for what it really is - a public utility - not just a source of profit. 🧵 www.reimagineaotearoa.nz/publicly_own...

Publicly Owned Electricity

Reimagining Aotearoa Together

www.reimagineaotearoa.nz

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 10d

5/5 This issue matters to workers. Together, we can create an electricity market that works for all of us. Join our call for publicly-owned energy in Aotearoa. Let‘s take our power back. More info here: www.reimagineaotearoa.nz/publicly_own...

Publicly Owned Electricity

Reimagining Aotearoa Together

www.reimagineaotearoa.nz

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 10d

4/5 We need to change our approach. Publicly-owned energy would mean lower energy costs for households, protected manufacturing jobs, more profits for the public and less profits for offshore multinationals. It would mean supporting a just transition so we can take on the climate crisis.

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 10d

3/5 In New Zealand, power prices have gone up 19% between 2021 and 2025. Around a third of low-income households can’t afford to keep their accommodation adequately warm, and Māori and Pacific whānau are more likely to experience measures of energy hardship.

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 10d

2/5 Selling off our electricity system has meant it’s not working for most New Zealanders. Working families can’t pay their bills. Workplaces across the country are shutting down because they can’t keep the lights on.

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