To live a dignified, full life in Aotearoa, a person needs to be paid at least $28.95 an hour. In this local election, your vote can support the living wage in local government. Visit psa.org.nz/local2025 to find out more about the living wage in local government, and which candidates support it.

Happy Father’s Day to all the union dads 🧢🚩💜

📣 A message of solidarity from our Pōneke delegates in support of NZNO members who are striking across the motu today. We stand with striking nurses! 🚩✊💜 #StandUpFightBack #WeStandWithNurses #MarangaAke #aotearoaunions #nzunions

The message is clear: Pay equity is not optional. Livelihoods should never be on the political chopping block. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... Add your voice to the call at the Women's Day of Action! 📩RSVP: www.together.org.nz. #WomensDayOfAction #RiseUpForPayEquity #ProtectPayEquity #NZPol

@nzpsa.bsky.social response to Collins looking into suppressing the right to strike. JOIN A UNION✊ www.psa.org.nz/news-media/c... #nzpol

Have you made your submission on the Employment Relations Amendment Bill yet?? Good news - you’ve still got time! Today’s the last day you can submit and push back against the Fire at Will bill. Add your voice to the call 📢✊ www.psa.org.nz/campaigns/pu...

PSA members from Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage were out this morning rallying against the proposal to cut its workforce of historians. #SaveOurHistory! #NZPol #Kikorangi

1/3 Ignorance is bliss - a story of Minister Van Velden’s disastrous Q&A interview in nine panels.

2/3 Ignorance is bliss - a story of Minister Van Velden’s disastrous Q&A interview in nine panels.

3/3 Ignorance is bliss - a story of Minister Van Velden’s disastrous Q&A interview in nine panels.

UPDATE: withdrawal of suspension & lockout of disability workers at Te Roopu Taurimu! 🗞Article as seen in the NZ Herald this morning📰 #AotearoaUnions #NZPSA #MarangaAke #TradeUnions #NZUnions

After half a century of serving some of Aotearoa’s most vulnerable mental health clients, Rauaroha-Segar House is the latest health service to be in the coalition Government’s firing line. Add your voice to the call and sign the petition: www.together.org.nz/save_rauaroh...

The ITUC Global Rights Index came out on Monday. It's the the only comprehensive, worldwide annual study of the violation of workers’ rights, and this year it detailed the "profound deterioration of workers' rights across the globe. Read more here: www.ituc-csi.org/global-right...

The Regulatory Standards Bill is designed to put profit ahead of people, erase Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and make effective provision of public and community services incredibly difficult. One of the best things we can do to stop it is make a submission. 📃🖊 👉 Go to psa.org.nz/rsb to find out how.

#PSADelegtes in Whanganui-a-Tara standing in solidarity with members at MSD who are in bargaining today! #AotearoaUnions #TradeUnions #NZUnions #NZPSA #MarangaAke

NEW ZEALAND: Public service union condemns New Zealand’s ‘wage theft’ budget www.themandarin.com.au/292753-publi...

LWMANZ is a collaboration of faith, community orgs & unions. Many of us are low-waged workers, or people who deal directly with the impacts of poverty in our communities. We’re diverse, but share a common view – that the Living Wage is one way to lift working people from poverty and inequality.

PSA National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons and Martin Robinson, Chair of Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens, joined Dame Marilyn Waring at Parliament this morning for the launch of the People’s Select Committee on Pay Equity. www.payequity.org.nz

shooting pics at parli today #PayEquityNow @nzctu.bsky.social @nzpsa.bsky.social

*Nearly half* of NZers want A LOT more public spending.

It's almost like meanness is a minority idea and aroha wins.

New Zealanders across the political spectrum want increased spending on public services, poll finds. This government is deeply out of touch on valuing our public services. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Join a walking bus to Parliament for the Protect Pay Equity Hui tomorrow! If you’re in the city and are heading down to Parliament on foot, join a PSA walking bus. We’ll be stationed at these meeting points with PSA flags. Walking buses leave at 12.45pm sharp! www.psa.org.nz/activities/p...

#ProtectPayEquity Join us at 1pm on Parliament lawn this Thursday 22 May to stand up for pay equity! #NZPol www.facebook.com/events/13771...

No one should have to live in fear of being themselves. Yet, for many, this fear remains an everyday reality. A joint statement from European unions, including UNI Europa, on International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia #IDAHOBIT.

Week in Review: In July, taxpayer funds will top up MPs' pay by $669,100, despite the tight fiscal environment that's led to some big Budget trade-offs.

Sesame Street is officially UNION! Workers at Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, have voted 55-19 to join @opeiulocal153.bsky.social Huge congrats to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social! “We can officially say that today, May 15th, is brought to you by the letter U!”

MEDIA RELEASE: The Government’s proposed review of the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 is a clear attempt to undermine the Tribunal’s independence and diminish Māori rangatiratanga Read more: www.psa.org.nz/news-media/p... #NZPol #Kikorangi

NORWAY / PALESTINE: Overwhelming Majority – Norway’s Largest Trade Union Votes for Boycott of Israel www.palestinechronicle.com/overwhelming...

ETHIOPIA: DHL Ethiopia Workers Union Strikes for Better Pay www.thereporterethiopia.com/45082/

🌺 To all the Māmās, Grandmāmās and Mother-Figures, Happy Mother' Day from the LWE Accreditation Team 🌺 Every mother deserves the peace of mind that comes from a fair day's pay. A living wage isn’t just economic justice — it’s love in action for the families they support. #MothersDay2025

the National-led Government is gutting the Equal Pay Act. Their changes will reverse decades of progress to balance pay for women and people of all genders working jobs that have been undervalued due to sexism. SIGN THE PETITION TO PROTECT PAY EQUITY NOW ➡️ www.together.org.nz/fbt_for_pay_... 🟣🟣🟣

We were proud to see 350 people join us for a snap rally at parliament protesting the coalition’s shameful, undemocratic amendments to the #EqualPayAct. This rally is just the beginning. We will not take this attack on women and workers lying down – so watch this space. #NZPol #Kikorangi #NZPSA

MEDIA RELEASE: Dark day for women as Government slams brakes on pay equity to save money. www.psa.org.nz/news-media/dark-day-for-women-as-government-slams-brakes-on-pay-equity-to-save-money

This May 1, add your voice to thousands of workers across Aotearoa who are sick and tired of this Government’s ongoing assault on working people and their unions! This is going to be another big one - #FightBackTogether #MarangaAke

On May 1 'Maranga Ake' events are taking place across the motu in town centers as well as special 'Fight Back Together For Health' events at hospitals. Join us fighting back for Te Tiriti o Waitangi, workers’ rights, and public and community services for all! www.psa.org.nz/campaigns/fi...

AI is in wide use among public and community services, despite most workers not being in trained in how to use the technology safely. We’re calling on the government to introduce AI regulations similar to those seen overseas and consult widely on its strategy. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #NZPol

Nat Sec Fleur Fitzsimons on the proposal by Te Whatu Ora to slash jobs from a department that brings in millions of dollars a year and ensures safety in hospitals, rest homes and other community health providers. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro... #NZPol #Kikorangi

The latest restructuring of Kāinga Ora proposes deep cuts to the jobs of those working with other agencies to place people on waiting lists into houses, and in call centres where staff help tenants resolve issues. www.psa.org.nz/news-media/p... #NZPol #kikorangi

💥 Solidarity with French health and social care unions striking today for fair pay, better funding and working conditions. EPSU stands with our affiliates demanding respect, investment, and decent wages for all care workers.

Good and constructive meeting with the #Greens co-leadership & workforce & public services spokespeople this morning. The PSA is working across Parliament to share our vision of how a progressive government can deliver real change & a better Aotearoa for our members, their whānau & all workers.

🚨🚨 Today, Belgium is on #strike! Wages aren’t keeping up, public services are underfunded, and the cost of living keeps climbing - and Arizona government wants to put this bill on the shoulders on working people. Fair-CSO is organising an "NGO Picket" in front of Mundo Madou 💪🏽 Join us!

📢The PSA has agreed with Health NZ Te Whatu Ora that the planned restructure of three directorates will stop and that the litigation relating to these restructures is withdrawn. www.psa.org.nz/news-media/p...

It’s a thousand days since the landmark 2017 pay equity legislation for care and support workers expired. www.psa.org.nz/news-media/1... #NZpol #PayFairForCare #1000DaysofCare #kikorangi #Worth100%

About 2700 PSA members working at Oranga Tamariki are continuing their industrial action in support of having their unmanageable workloads and remuneration concerns addressed. #NZpol #kikorangi

‘Trumpian’ edict issued by Health Minister Simeon Brown on what public health leaders can and can’t say about public health. Soon-to-be Deputy PM David Seymour says public health doctors are “muppets” who should be put “back in their box.” My #cartoon today #NZpol #PublicHealth

📢 We’re getting together on May Day to celebrate the labour movement and push back on the Government’s anti-worker agenda. We’ll keep you posted over the next few weeks for more details! 👉Register your interest on the campaign website: www.together.org.nz/may_day_hui #NZPol #MarangaAke