This should not be thought of as a 'bathroom bill.' This is a transgender civil rights bill, the proposition being: should the government be allowed to rule that minority populations can be legally banned from public facilities and threatened with arrest if they use them?

A reminder: with Act the cruelty is a feature not a bug.

🧵 Te Hunga Roia Māori (the Māori Law Society) has today released an open letter responding to the recent complaint from Gary Judd KC. Images of the open letter attached, but I thought I would copy the text of the letter in full, as it’s worth a read. OG para numbers in brackets.

Got copied in on this today in response to National and Act's miserly lunch cuts. Our kids are getting radicalised very quickly by the decisions this govt is making. I'm going to post the letter in full in this thread. #nzpol 1/

“This is not something that is going to be able to be put back in the box” - Emeritus Professor Jane Kelsey on the possibility of protest if the Treaty Principles Bill moves forward. In her view it would far exceed the foreshore and seabed hikoi of 2004. Have to say I agree.

This! 🙌 I'm so sick of this reactionary bullshit that comes out of people not knowing. Students want to think critically about institutions of power. I'm tauiwi and have done research on tikanga and work. There is a future for all of us here in Aoteatoa to understand tikanga!!

Cold? Families are being told to control power usage cos of scheduled generator maintenance during this week’s cold snap. But in the last decade, gentailers chose to give shareholders $10.8 billion in dividends rather than investing in new capacity… union.org.nz/wp-content/upl…

When workers rights are under attack, join together and vote the bastards out. Celebrating May Day in style with FIRST Union Unite Union New Zealand

Happy May Day comrades. You are so much more than your boss pays you.

Don’t stand by and watch this government get away with careless policies that cause harm to us all. Stand up instead! #mayday #unionproud

Happy International Workers Day everyone! Off to a rally or two to mark the occasion

The Tertiary Education Union Wellington office is currently home to many of the plants who lost their homes in the public service cuts... at what point do we say enough is enough 😭

I just learnt that I could be marking students work in Oz for double what I am here... I'd totally jump at it there 🤧💀💀

Beers

7am flight to Sydney done! Now on to the train to Newcastle to do some community organising mahi 👀🙌

Shared birthday brekkie with my favourite Living Wage organiser (sorry to the others 🤧)

The little balloons are always a nice touch every year 🎈✨️

Rest in Peace Ernie Abbott. Ernie was vice president of the Wgtn Caretakers and Cleaners Union, one of the legacy unions which went on to become SFWU and now of course E tū. He was killed 40 years ago today in the trades hall bombing. Never forgotten nzhistory.govt.nz/wellington-tra…