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Out on the picket line with New Zealand Nurses Organisation in Wellington today.

Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, who I spoke to about her haka, the very many responses to it, her life in politics, and Kiingi Tuheitia's advice to be Māori...

We are calling on political parties to vote down Brooke van Velden’s Pay Deductions for Partial Strikes Bill, as it will escalate industrial disputes and may even lead to workers losing pay for simply doing the job they were employed to do.

My piece on how Nicola Willis not even having a semblance of a plan to replace the Cook Strait ferries after a year of work is a catastrophic failure of leadership. thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360519…

Today we lodged our submission in opposition to Treaty Principles Bill, which is direct attack on Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Māori rights. Government must abandon this Bill and make no further attempts to distort the genuine principles of Te Tiriti. union.org.nz/nzctu-make-sub…

My piece on how the billionaire class and their control of the global means of information and communication is the greatest crisis facing humanity, and how NZ needs to rethink its relationship with the US as it embraces oligarchy and white nationalism. thepost.co.nz/world-news/360…

Nicola Willis has proposed that the Living Wage no longer needs to be paid in cleaning, catering, and security services that are procured by government. Thousands of low-paid workers now face the potential pay cuts. We strongly condemn these changes. union.org.nz/new-procuremen…

"The Living Wage basically allows me to survive. Before the Living Wage came in I was really struggling to afford groceries ... and the Living Wage has allowed me to thrive in what would be seen as a very basic sense." Liam Shaw. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

The state should have responded to Dean Wickliffe with care and compassion, instead it responded with punishment, hostility, and violence. No one should be sent to prison for being homeless. It is morally unjustifiable. thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360620…

The chorus of outrage at Tamatha Paul's comments from across the political establishment is just the latest example of how they are totally out of touch with the lived realities of Māori and how much they relish the opportunity to vilify working class Māori women.

My piece on why Tamatha Paul is right to stand by her comments and the considerable amount of historical and contemporary evidence that highlights why Māori and other marginalised groups have good reason to not feel safe around the police. thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360638…

Yet another McDonalds product placement from David Seymour. Where is the widespread media coverage and political outrage on this like there was when Marama made one post about Whittaker’s use of te reo Māori?

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Today we launched a campaign to ban the import, supply & use of engineered stone. Engineered stone is an unnecessary product that causes the fatal lung disease silicosis. We're petitioning the Govt to do the right thing and save workers' lives. Sign here: together.org.nz/ban_engineered…

Biden is a war criminal, plain and simple

Stepped out of my political comfort zone with my latest column and wrote about music and healing. thepost.co.nz/world-news/360…

We've launched a petition calling on MPs to reverse all pay equity claim cancellations, undo the Equal Pay Act changes, and deliver pay equity settlements to every worker waiting for their claim. Sign today and fight back against these attacks on women. together.org.nz/fbt_for_pay_eq…

Join us at Parliament on Budget Day to stand up and fight back against the Government’s decision to gut the Equal Pay Act. #ProtectPayEquity

Melissa Ansell-Bridges has published a useful piece examining the pay equity changes in detail and explaining how they are not small policy changes but rather a structural demolition of pay equity law that will lock in pay discrimination for years to come. thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360688…

NZCTU Secretary Melissa Ansell-Bridges speaking outside Parliament this afternoon, where thousands of workers gathered to protest the Government's Budget.