Dear District Health Board Chief Executives

Nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants are the heart of our public healthcare services.

Their skills, hard work and compassion keep all New Zealanders happy, safe, and healthy.

I support better pay and healthy workplaces in our public healthcare services for our precious nursing and midwifery teams.

Please keep our local health services safe and sustainable by delivering our nurses a better deal.

To SaveMart owner Tom Doonan

I am asking you to save the jobs of the 10 workers you have targeted to sack because they raised a health and safety concern at work.

You need to prove that you can respond responsibility to health and safety issues in your workplace, that you do not single out and bully people working for you when they act in union and show you have some respect for the people who work for you.

To the Female MPs of New Zealand

On the 19th of  September you received a white flower in celebration of Suffrage Day. 123 years on from the enfranchisement of women in Aotearoa, it's time to really tackle the suffrage movement's next big issue - Equal Pay.

And doing that is easy as 1, 2, 3:

1. Implement the agreed Equal Pay Principles
2. Settle the equal pay claim brought by Kristine Bartlett on behalf of all caregivers
3. Allocate funding so that equal pay claims can be settled.

I want you to know I'm right beside you taking those next steps.

Yours sincerely

I value the contribution that bus drivers make to the bus network in the Wellington region.

Wellington’s bus drivers should not have their jobs taken from them or get paid less to do the same work when the Wellington Regional Council makes a decision to change the bus contracting company.

I want Greater Wellington Regional Council to provide job security for Wellington’s current bus drivers.

And I want the Greater Wellington Regional Council to show they value bus drivers too, and make sure that if they decide to change the company who provides the bus service, then bus drivers are protected and have security.

To Martin Storey:

The people who work at your New Zealand stores just want a fair go.

As your customers, and potential customers, we’re asking you to do the right thing by these Kiwis and their families, get back to the negotiating table, and offer them a wage they can live on.

It’s the right thing to do for these workers and for your business.

Yours,

1. http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/business/89287344/Brake-and-Transmission-workers-third-walk-out-over-stalled-pay-talks

To the Hon Anne Tolley,

By helping temping agencies sign out-of-work New Zealanders up to unlawful employment agreements, your ministry is hurting these people and helping to undermine working conditions for all of us.

Please instruct your Ministry to stop supporting employers who use dodgy agreements and instead back Kiwis to find good jobs with decent conditions.

Yours,

This year we vote on what kind of local government we want.

Our District and Regional Councils, and District Health Boards, make some of the most important decisions that affect our lives. It’s not just about rubbish and rates. It’s about the plans that shape our communities over decades. Local government should create jobs, protect our environment, and make sure our families and our communities enjoy the good lives we all deserve. And we can make it do that. All we have to do is work together.

So sign up, let us know your home town so we can keep you in touch with local campaigns, and together we’ll make a real difference in our communities and across New Zealand. It’s our democracy – let’s make it work for all of us.

To Hon Jonathan Coleman and Hon Bill English:

Nurses, midwives, caregivers, kaimahi hauora and their supporters want to see a Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025. We urge the Government to fully fund smoking cessation and advocacy services for all New Zealanders, especially services by Māori and Pasifika organisations supporting their own local communities.

* For more information on these cuts click here and here.

To find out more about the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) click here.

To Peter Dunne and Te Ururoa Flavell,

Having a few days in the year when people are completely free to spend time with their family and friends is so very important. There's enough pressure on people to fill their lives with work as it is - being able to take a little time for yourself and your loved ones is a vital part of who we are.

The Shop Trading Hours Amendment Bill puts one of these precious protected days at risk for Kiwis who work in retail.

We urge you to do right by working New Zealanders and their families and vote against this Bill.

Please, choose family over shopping.

Yours,

Unfortunately some councillors won’t back this simple and fair proposal. But together we can let them know that it’s what their voters, and all Kiwis, want.

Will you sign the petition for a living wage in Porirua?

To: Nick Leggett, 'Ana Coffey, Ken Douglas, Anita Baker, Bronwyn Kropp, Euon Murrell, Tim Sheppard, Luafataali'i Ah Hoi, Izzy Ford, Denys Latham, John Burke

We urge you to adopt the living wage at the Porirua City Council. It’s the right thing to do for your staff, for Porirua’s economy, and for the people who voted for you.

Please, make Porirua and all of New Zealand proud - give us a living wage city.

Yours,