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This May Day (1 May), workers and their unions across Aotearoa are standing together to commit to a strong union movement, full employment, high wages, and decent lives for all founded on Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Times are tough for working people and their whānau. The National-led Government is one of the most anti-worker Governments we've seen in decades. They're making deliberate decisions that have led to ever rising costs and a massive transfer of wealth to the those who ne

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Unite Union Opposes Employment Leave Bill That Cuts Workers’ Leave and Pay Unite Union is opposing a proposed law change that would slash the pay and leave entitlements of tens of thousands of working people who are already struggling through the cost-of-living crisis. The Employment Leave Bill, which had its first reading in Parliament last week, seeks to replace the current Holidays Act. Unite Union says the proposed changes would leave many workers wo