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  • Jade Berry-Banjerdlert
    commented 2023-11-08 18:32:01 +1300
    Makes me feel safer and respected and happy for my hard work.
  • Doris Rukuata
    commented 2023-11-08 18:00:04 +1300
  • Tandeep Kaur
    commented 2023-11-08 17:52:49 +1300
    FPA is very important to keep the employees right intact and to avoid getting churned in the cost of living crisis.People are working so that they can live but it shouldn’t be like this.Government needs to support hard working employees and not work for big businesses who are already making tonnes of money. FPA will make fair pay possible for the job one does so please don’t let the government end it
  • Joanne Hosking
    commented 2023-11-08 17:45:12 +1300
  • Liezel Watkins
    commented 2023-11-08 17:24:25 +1300
    We work a lot of hours, sacrificing valuable time with family to earn just enough money to almost meet essential needs.
  • Sonja Hall
    commented 2023-11-08 17:08:40 +1300
    Survival basically. When your husband goes on the pension budgeting gets harder.
  • John McDavitt
    commented 2023-11-08 13:58:24 +1300
  • Prakash Balakrishnan
    commented 2023-11-08 13:04:41 +1300
  • Nardeep Grewal
    commented 2023-11-08 12:57:54 +1300
  • Shyam Thakkar
    commented 2023-11-08 11:01:25 +1300
    Gday, my Brother drives Buses in Western Australia and they have got lots of pay benefits like weekends pay 1.5 times and night shift penalties, he is keep calling me there but I love new zealand alot and kiwi people, i drives buses here in Dunedin, why dont we have fair pay benefits as we are very hard working people for our communities.


    Cheers
  • Shyam Thakkar
    commented 2023-11-08 11:01:24 +1300
    Gday, my Brother drives Buses in Western Australia and they have got lots of pay benefits like weekends pay 1.5 times and night shift penalties, he is keep calling me there but I love new zealand alot and kiwi people, i drives buses here in Dunedin, why dont we have fair pay benefits as we are very hard working people for our communities.


    Cheers
  • Shyam Thakkar
    commented 2023-11-08 11:01:23 +1300
    My Brother drives Buses in Western Australia and they have got lots of pay benefits like weekends pay 1.5 times and night shift penalties, he is keep calling me there but I love new zealand alot and kiwi people, i drives buses here in Dunedin, why dont we have fair pay benefits as we are very hard working people for our communities.


    Cheers
  • Shyam Thakkar
    commented 2023-11-08 11:01:23 +1300
    My Brother drives Buses in Western Australia and they have got lots of pay benefits like weekends pay 1.5 times and night shift penalties, he is keep calling me there but I love new zealand alot and kiwi people, i drives buses here in Dunedin, why dont we have fair pay benefits as we are very hard working people for our communities.


    Cheers
  • Shyam Thakkar
    commented 2023-11-08 11:01:23 +1300
    My Brother drives Buses in Western Australia and they have got lots of pay benefits like weekends pay 1.5 times and night shift penalties, he is keep calling me there but I love new zealand alot and kiwi people, i drives buses here in Dunedin, why dont we have fair pay benefits as we are very hard working people for our communities.


    Cheers
  • Shyam Thakkar
    commented 2023-11-08 11:01:23 +1300
    Gday, my Brother drives Buses in Western Australia and they have got lots of pay benefits like weekends pay 1.5 times and night shift penalties, he is keep calling me there but I love new zealand alot and kiwi people, i drives buses here in Dunedin, why dont we have fair pay benefits as we are very hard working people for our communities.


    Cheers
  • Pradhu Unnithan
    commented 2023-11-08 10:45:14 +1300
  • Daniel McKirdy
    commented 2023-11-08 10:34:02 +1300
    Defend the rights of working people.

    You could be next on the chopping block.
  • Savnesh Jiawan
    commented 2023-11-08 10:32:40 +1300
  • James Barber
    commented 2023-11-08 09:39:18 +1300
    I want bus drivers to have a fair pay agreement.


    We are in a climate crisis and public transport is a great way to get climate emissions down. But these people need decent pay and working conditions. Without these we will lurch from driver shortage to driver shortage from city to city which has been happening for years.
  • Jenifer Sutton
    commented 2023-11-08 09:08:10 +1300
    FPA meeans more money in my pocket for things like visiting family. More money to put petrol in the car, not only for work, but for every day use. FPA means I can afford to take my car to the garage for any repairs that are required, without the car, I would not be able to work.
  • George Powrie
    commented 2023-11-08 08:33:03 +1300
  • pravin hinwar
    commented 2023-11-08 07:51:59 +1300
  • Alex Donaldson
    commented 2023-11-08 06:46:37 +1300
    A fair share of the profits are all we ask.
  • Chris Bowden
    commented 2023-11-07 21:49:14 +1300
  • Fiona Goldstone
    commented 2023-11-07 21:42:42 +1300
    We need fair pay to go through, because NEW ZEALAND is getting so expensive people are struggling to feed their families pay their bills mortgage,power,rates and more people don’t have a social life anymore, not like when we were kids. Myself I work 6 days a week just so I can pay my mortgage it would be nice to have a life outside work.
  • Carol McVeigh
    commented 2023-11-07 21:35:47 +1300
    Without FPA I wouldn’t have been able to stay in my job as a Teacher Aide. Before our Pay Equity going through myself like many other’s were looking for other jobs or 2nd and in some cases 3rd jobs, just to be able to give our families the bare minimum to survive.
  • Michael Scott
    commented 2023-11-07 19:59:19 +1300
  • Rachel Bell
    commented 2023-11-07 19:53:59 +1300
    Fair Pay Agreement means just that. FAIR pay for the essential to our community, constant and often difficult work we do. Im a Community health support worker.. Our role is vital to support grandpas,gramdmas,mothers ,fathers,sons,daughters,friends, to maintain their health enough to live independantly in their own homes,keeping hospital ,hospice and rest home beds free for others in need. We are vital to NZ health care system. We are strained under our work loads and current poor pay. Fair pay would keep our staff and encourage new staff to join. Which would flow on to improve the level and amount of care we can provide in the community. I wonder if any of Christopher Luxon’s loved ones has had to rely on our care and support?
  • anna kelly
    commented 2023-11-07 19:51:46 +1300
    I have been nursing for over 40 years and the fair pay agreement was way overdue and to be celebrated. Since I started working in nursing it has been undervalued and the fair pay agreement is a hopeful sign for the future
  • Emma Gomaa
    commented 2023-11-07 19:44:50 +1300
    Before my pay equity agreement I had to get two jobs just to take care of my 2 children. I was barely making it work. I’ve miss multiple teachers meetings and school awards because I was always working shift work. I now no longer need to get 2 jobs just to eat and have shutter. Equal pay is not a luxury and extra money in the bank, it is meeting ends without struggling to maintain 2 jobs and destroying my health plus missing out on seeing my children grow.