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?

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

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.

“Back room” positions include people like administrators who underpin the success of any workplace. Done well it is largely invisible until it stops happening, but is largely filled by women and hence under appreciated and of course underpaid.

I’m retired now but well remember the pernicious 1990 Employment Contracts Act introduced under a National Government. It badly eroded workers rights under the gise of “giving employees the power(!?!?)🙄 to negotiate directly with their employers”. One of its main aims was of course to weaken union support for workers in the workplace.

Here we go again!?!

Fair Pay Agreements are needed more than ever in today’s world!

Fair pay means a lot it means less kiwis struggling

I am expected to up skill on a regular bases, take on more responsibility, be more accountable and still be stuck on the minimum wage!!!

By the way I was earning more than the previous minimum wage when I started my present job

As I’m on a 2 week roster contracted at 67 hours I don’t qualify for overtime till 80 hours excluding sleepover hours

On top of this I’m also expected to attend training sessions on my days off and no travel time included

I am discouraged, and demotivated in my work by the lack of respect given or showen toward myself and my colleagues

measured by the need to constantly challenge,

fight, push or protest for fair pay and justice of extra hours worked

It’s sickening seeing the disparity of financial gain by those at the top at the cost of those at the bottom

As I said to my previous employer

“What would you pay us, your workers, if there was no minimum wage?” Respons;” What ever the going rate was.”

“So your low pay workers and I, are subsidising your business “


How many other employers think alike

This is just one of many reasons to have collective agreements and fair pay so there is some accountability of employers to act responsibly financiall wise toward their employees

Also there are a number of employees that are disadvantaged in that they do not have the skill set, emotional mind set, social ability or confidence to

speak up for themselves yet are excellent and responsible in the work given them.

Simply fairness to all workers that deserve to be treated with dignity respect and honesty

If they take this away from us, what is next. Our people have fort hard for this agreement. It is our right to fair pay.

Do not, I repeat: DO NOT let this happen.

Sisters, Brothers stay strong!!

Fair pay agreements are the way forward for good industrial relations between employers and employees and retention of labour and skills.

The already widened gap is to be stopped from growing even further more.

Would like to see the living wage in the Cleaning and Security industries.

The government needs to realise that as carers/support workers we are enabling our clients to stay in their own homes as long as possible, thereby easing the strain on rest homes/hospitals unless really necessary.

My family can no longer survive on current pay working in Healthcare. It’s taking it’s mental till financially and mentally which leaves my family no choice but to leave home for Australia 😭

To be progressive – to progress – we all need to be paid a fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work.

Fair pay, don’ t give up

Defend fair pay agreements!


When workers’ rights are under attack – stand up fight back.


Start talking about preparing a general strike, so workers are ready to go when the government starts attacking us. There is plenty of time to prepare, get moving! While Luxon/Seymour/Peters are still negotiating.

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We cannot return to the years of non represented workers not benefitting from hard won awards and with their employers getting away with underpaying their workers.