Squealing unions

Radio NZ reports:

Unions have targeted the office of ACT Party leader David Seymour in Auckland as they fight against government plans to repeal Fair Pay Agreements (FPAs).

Last week, a leaked Cabinet paper revealed Minister of Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke Van Velden intended to push forward repealing the agreements without holding any consultation with unions or affected workers.

At his post-Cabinet press conference on Monday, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon recommitted to repealing FPAs by Christmas.

A hundred and fifty protesters chanted impassioned pleas across the intersection outside Seymour’s Epsom electorate office near Westfield Newmarket.

FPAs were a return to 1970 style national awards. They were a payoff for Labour’s union funders and one could have ended up with just 1% of an industry forcing the other 99% into a national award where a small Invercargill employer would have to pay the same wages as a huge multinational in Auckland, if their jobs were similiar.

Great to see the Government doing what they promised, and repealing them quickly.