As supermarket employees, we want to share a glimpse into our world. We worked tirelessly through the COVID lockdown, sacrificed holidays, including Christmas and New Year’s, to ensure you had access to essentials. Despite our dedication, we are among the lowest-paid workers. Our commitment to serving you comes at a personal cost, and we hope you recognize the challenges we face. Your support means the world to us

Fully support FPAs

Same qualifications, same work equals same pay in ECE.

Same qualifications, same work equals same pay in ECE.

In the supermarket culture, Employers are getting work done at extreme level of labor. i Don’t think it is considered as high intensity work comparing to construction. If we have data of back pain and other body parts pain, we would be able to find out how much work supermarket employees are doing. And their payscale is very unfair. regardless of any government, Fair Pay must be considered. these Owner based supermarkets are very self centered and rewards for employees are very minimal. Please do not repeal anything that is for people of this country.

I always say:-

Be a Leader not a Boss.

To me a fair pay agreement means I will be able to save some money instead of being in the red zone every week and wondering how I am going to pay my bills, it means that I am able to put healthy food on the table for my family instead of having noodles and processed foods, it means, it also means that I can afford to get new clothes and shoes for my family instead of having clothes and shoes with holes in them and it means I won’t have to think about and try to calculate whether I can afford food AND a full tank of petrol for work for the week.

Since the end of the Award system/EC Act in the 1990s workers esp Low paid and vulnerable have suffered greatly.

Hence our pay rates are so far behind Australia which has largely kept this in place

Low paid workers need pay parity to afford cost of living rises.

When I joined Corrections in 2012 the top of the Probation Officer pay scale was about 20% above the average wage. Now it is the average wage. Other similar Government roles have received FPA and Community Corrections is now the lowest paid in the Public Service. We need to get back some reward for the difficult and unpopular work we do because we cannot attract or retain staff these days.

After 11 years in this job, at the 1 December increase, I will be back to the salary I left behind in 2012 after leaving my previous job in Christchurch.

The FPA will help repair the damage done to this difficult profession.

I want a fair payment agreement, and to be fair at working at paknsave too

Hi I’m a butcher and a 2IC in the supermarket industry have come a long way through my training and received many certifications within the industry including North Island butchery apprentice of the year for 2018. And I feel like we as an industry are severely underpaid and understaffed within our speciality roles that is a skill would like to see an increase within the country for all supermarket workers, I could go into a speciality butcher shop just to follow the pay rate but I enjoy my position at my current place of work, as I have built some great relationships throughout the years with staff and customers.

Some of our staff who have worked at this store for over 20 years are only on minimum wage. Surely 20 years of dedication would mean a slight (if not mediocre) pay increase to show their knowledge and skills learnt over this time.

Also a person managing 50+ staff should be compensated as such. Paying people what they are worth and over time working to a pay scale at the very least would be beneficial for all staff and then you know you have something to work towards.

Fair Par should be everyone’s right…Fair days pay for a fair days work….who could reasonably ask anything less than this .. Please… Be fair , and implement this … in my 64 years , this works best for all , whoever they are, anywhere across NZ..

I’m a pensioner who still needs to work to pay bills, esp Insurance & food for me & my dog.

Fair Pay Agreements are essential to allow workers to live a decent life, be economically viable and, hence, be able to perform optimumly and effectively in their jobs. Their service to the community, and their employers depends fundamentally on their being paid fairly and adequately. Kia kaha!

The same income for the type of work…..

To the new government:

I’ve worked in Aged Care for 8 yrs as an Activities Co-Ordinator and even after completing my studies as a

Diversional Therapist am only earning $28.25 hourly, Could you live on this?? No wonder people don’t want to work in Aged Care, Equal pay and much needed pay increases are needed NOW remember how hard we worked in Lockdown don’t forget us now!!!

Rayleen Wineera

Rayleen Wineera

Rayleen Wineera

Rayleen Wineera

FPA holds the promise that we will have uninterrupted industrial “peace” and thus we win, the employers win, and the bus travelling public win.

No more strikes, or lock outs and no political strife means a lot of benefits to the fair-minded voters in New Zealand.

Sahil gandhi

0226212654

This if fu*#ed

There is a need for a safety net for the average worker in NZ, not everybody is covered by collective agreements or have the skills to negotiate their own terms of employment and the bull shite from 1991/92 lives on in too many peoples mind set. Working people, lower paid and many on base rates get screwed and do not understand employment law so the retention of a safety net is essential. I support the work the CTU is doing on fair pay agreements.