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.

For me it means having adequate staff to do the job and getting paid a decent wage for the responsibilities

Even handed Employer / Employee relations and Transparency

Its nice to be paid what we are worth and can afford to buy groceries and petrol to get to work. I’m not a lawyer or a doctor or nurse I get high pay. I work in the supermarket industry and before fair pay came along I couldn’t afford a lot of food and I couldn’t afford a lot on petrol. But now I can but I still keep to a budget on food and petrol. I hope the new government will listen and keep it as their are people and families who will struggle if they take it away.

Keep doing the good work we r doing more much better together and I m with u

Fair pay agreements are essential to ECE. In ECE we have too many people working on the minimal wage. They cannot cope with the expensive cost of living with out having a partner earning well. We have cooks who are doing 5 feeds a day for 150 tamariki. We have unqualified kaiako who have to do the same work as qualified teachers because we simply have such a shortage of kaiako. We have administration on low wages. Woman in ECE out number men 98% to 2%. Child care and education for under 5 is not treated as an essential cost to Government like with older tamariki. Government is happy to take lots of taxes from the parents working but not fund the care and education of their tamariki.

ECE kaiako are not treated with fair and reasonable working conditions. 8 hour days child contact means all the paper work expectations are having to be done in a two hour period. It does not work. Expectations of looking after 5 babies at once is ridiculous. Staff are leaving and centres can’t cope. Centres cannot take on the number of tamariki they used to. Waiting list grow longer parents can’t go back to work. Better regulations are needed to see our youngest get the care they need. Children should have bedrooms. There should be plenty of space to play and spread out the noise level. Staff funding should be based on cost like primary and secondary as equal funding for enrolled hourly rates does not cover the uneven expenses of a lot of experiences staff.