Fair pay push to benefit Maori workers 10 May 2021 15:18 PM
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The Council of Trade Unions is welcoming the proposed fair pay agreements legislation - but it’s promising a fight over any public sector pay freeze.
National secretary Richard Wagstaff says fair pay agreements, where 10 percent of workers in a sector can ask for a negotiation to set minimum standards for the whole industry, should improve wages, conditions and safety standards in sectors like forestry with a high Māori workforce.
It will also end the race to the bottom which leads to problems like the Wellington bus contracts where potential providers compete by driving down employee wages.
Press Release – Paakiwaha Tn koutou e whakarongo mai nei ki a Paakiwaha. Paakiwaha is an exciting weekly current affairs programme from a Maori perspective. Paakiwaha is hosted today by Dale Husband and broadcast by Radio Waatea with funding from New Zealand on Air. …
Tēnā koutou e whakarongo mai nei ki a Paakiwaha.
Paakiwaha is an exciting weekly current affairs programme from a Maori perspective. Paakiwaha is hosted today by Dale Husband and broadcast by Radio Waatea with funding from New Zealand on Air.
On today’s show: Tom Bennion, the founding editor of the 1994 Māori Law Review, tunes in to discuss a ground-breaking High Court case which will see Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tai, Ngāti Awa and other iwi’s marine rights and interests in the Eastern Bay of Plenty.
Public Service Minister Chris Hipkins denies the government is engaging in bad faith bargaining with unions after its decision to restrict public sector wage increases.
Public Service Minister Chris Hipkins, left, and Finance Minister Grant Robertson (file photo).
Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
Public service workers who earn more over $100,000 a year can expect no pay rise until at least 2024, under the policy announced last week. For those earning over $60,000 it will be a freeze unless under exceptional circumstances. For the 25 percent of public sector workers earning below $60,000, it will be business as usual.
The Public Service Association will meet Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today to hammer home its objections to the announcement. PSA president Benedict Furguson said the union hoped the government would back down, change, amend the decision.
Monday, 10 May 2021, 10:50 am
What has a pay freeze got to do with a universal public
health system? Actually quite a lot. Health systems,
especially public hospitals which handle the more complex
and urgent cases that the rest of the system can’t fix,
are by their very nature labour intensive. Overwhelmingly
delayed or denied access to public hospitals are due to
workforce shortages of at least one occupational
group.
To the extent that pay impacts on workforce
morale, retention or recruitment it also impacts on the
accessibility, quality and effectiveness of a health system.
This is no more the case than for medical
What has a pay freeze got to do with a universal public health system? Actually quite a lot. Health systems, especially public hospitals which handle the more complex and urgent cases that the rest of the system canât fix, are by their very nature labour intensive. Overwhelmingly delayed or denied access to public hospitals are due to workforce shortages of at least one occupational group.
To the extent that pay impacts on workforce morale, retention or recruitment it also impacts on the accessibility, quality and effectiveness of a health system. This is no more the case than for medical specialists.