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YOU BET YOUR ARSE I’M MAKING A SUBMISSION!! 🙌🙌🙌 And you should too! 😊 #nzpol #PayEquity

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v7fjcwfeh7t2tcvf22dif3nm/post/3lpzqmlfh4c2h

"The People's Select Committee of 10 former MPs is taking submissions on the Pay Equity changes. Since nobody got a say before the govt passed it under urgency. "

(Text stolen from the Bsky account I saw this boosted from).

#NZPol #PayEquity #SelectCommittee #PublicAction

https://www.payequity.org.nz/

Protesting #PayEquity

Image shows a person in sunglasses holding up a hand painted sign saying

NATIONAL
PUTTING
THE N
IN CUTS

Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money (so you better treat her right)

(A song Minister of Finance Nicola Willis should have remembered before cutting NZ #PayEquity scheme)

https://youtu.be/N8EkGUm9q_A

#Money
#JukeboxFridayNight

Economic growth is often powered by workers spending - they don't have the luxury of hoarding like the well-off. Cutting pay equity is a gvt shooting itself in the foot to paint a better picture for bookkeeping purposes.
The lack of courage in properly taxing capital via a broad-based CGT (that would conservatively yield over $7B pa) has been rejected by the sexist men and crumb maidens of this gvt because they've calculated they can afford to neglect low paid women and women in general. Wrong. Majorly wrong. #payequity #NZPol
#onetermgovernment

Today's #payequity protest/hui at Parliament admittedly wasn't a massive turnout - maybe 1000-1500 ppl.

But the energy, spirit and determination of those who attended was superb. And we got a lot of love for our little signs.

Multiple Labour, Green and TPM MPs came out to acknowledge the protestors, with several Labour MPs coming right down into the crowd to talk with people.

This is more than a campaign, it's a movement. #NZPol
#onetermgovernment

Remember these lies? They gaslit us for TWO FUCKING WEEKS! #PayEquity #NZPol

The prime minister says new pay equity legislation announced today could save the government "billions of dollars", just two weeks out from the Budget.

The coalition government announced on Tuesday it would use urgency in Parliament to raise the threshold for proving work has been historically undervalued when making a pay equity claim.

Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden said changes back in 2020 had created problems.

Christopher Luxon told reporters on his way into Question Time that money has been set aside in the Budget to be announced on 22 May to deal with claims under the new legislation, and that those costs would be lower as a result of the changes announced on Tuesday.

He said the costs could be lower by "billions of dollars".

Despite this, Luxon said the Budget was not the motivation for changing the legislation.

"It's got nothing to do with the Budget, this is about making sure we have a piece of legislation that is incredibly workable, and not as complex as it has been."

That was not how Act Party leader and associate finance minister David Seymour viewed it, applauding van Velden for finding such huge savings at a crucial time.

"I actually think that Brooke van Velden has saved the taxpayer billions, she's saved the Budget for the government and she has made pay equity workable for New Zealand women, men and everyone who wants a fair go in this country," he said.

Luxon said rushing the changes through urgency was about making sure there was o

There's also a petition in support of the comprehensive pay equity system NatACT First intend to scrap. Which you can sign at;

https://www.together.org.nz/fbt_for_pay_equity

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#PayEquity #PSA #petition

If you're in Te Whanganui-a-Tara this afternoon, there's a Budget Day protest at 1-2pm on Parliament Lawn. In support of the comprehensive pay equity system NatACT First intend to scrap. This is one of a series of events happening all through May;

https://union.org.nz/pay-equity-events/

These events are supported by (organised by?) the PSA (Public Service Association), whose members are obviously affected in huge numbers.

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#PayEquity #PSA #protest

One of our little signs #payequity #nzpol

What are we doing this evening? - making signs for tomorrow's PayEquity protest and racking our brains for witty messaging

cardboard ✅ tape ✅ fat marker pens ✅

Expecting a mother of a protest !!

#NZPol #payequity

Anyway, pay equity or GTFO (of parliament). #PayEquity

Well said, Andrea Vance — again. #PayEquity ✊

A badge with blue lettering on a pink background reads:
I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE A FOUR LETTER WORD HAS BECOME BECOME MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE ABSOLUTE SHAFTING THIS GOVERNMENT HAS
GIVEN NZ WOMEN
#PayEquity

Great breakdown of the #NZPol #PayEquity abandonment by Willis to fund the budget and Nact's tax cuts.

A bonus behind the curtain yarn about the Minister of Finance's efforts to ban the CTU and more specifically CTU Economist, Craig Renney from the Budget 25 lockup.

This self own by Nicola is corrupt but also just embarrassing. NZ is being governed by inept B-Grade scam artists.

https://youtu.be/JE7n0GXtKdk

These fucking cunts! They are absolutely shitting themselves at having to give us what we are due. We need to get them running scared! #PayEquity #Survivors #NZPol

Government mulls limiting ACC cover as rape victim’s court win exposes insurer to costly claims
Jenée Tibshraeny
By Jenée Tibshraeny
Wellington Business Editor·NZ Herald·
16 May, 2025 05:21 PM

Women may be in the Government’s firing line again, as it mulls another law change to curtail runaway costs.

Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Scott Simpson is considering narrowing the scope of what the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) covers, after this was dramatically broadened by a 2023 court ruling.

The Court of Appeal ruled that victims of sexual abuse were entitled to compensation for loss of potential earnings from the time they were abused. Previously, they could seek compensation only from the time they sought treatment.

Last year, ACC put nearly $3.6 billion aside to cover the current and future costs of claims related to existing victims who could now make claims because of the new interpretation of the law.

Finance Minister Nicola Willis was so worried about the effect that ACC’s rising claims costs would have on her commitment to get the Government’s books out of the red that she came up with a new way of calculating the Government’s budget deficit/surplus that excludes ACC.

Speaking to media today, she said the Cabinet had yet to consider potential changes to ACC, so any savings wouldn’t be booked in this year’s Budget, to be announced next Thursday.

Changes to pay equity legislation, rushed through Parliament under urgency last week, will improve the look of the books come Budget Day.

The changes limit the pay rises for which allegedly underpaid people in female-dominated sectors could be eligible.

Coming back to ACC, Simpson assured the Herald that people who needed support would still receive it.

The question was whether other government agencies were better placed to support those who fell under ACC’s jurisdiction.

The compensation people could receive from ACC for being unable to work due to injury, including sexual abuse, could be greater than the welfare payments they received via the Ministry of Social Development.

Beatrix Woodhouse – the lawyer who represented the woman at the centre of the precedent-setting 2023 ruling – was disappointed the Government was considering a law change.

She believed ACC hadn’t been particularly proactive, promoting the fact that victims who weren’t previously eligible for cover could now be compensated.

She said she had struggled to get ACC to properly backpay claimants.

Last year, ACC estimated there were about 100,000 abuse victims who would become eligible under the new interpretation of the law. It said it was gearing up to manage a flurry of these sensitive claims.

Sometimes the very best word to capture an action or a sentiment is a sweary word.

While I have my own personal reasons for not especially liking the "c-word", Andrea Vance's use of it to describe the senior women of the Coalition Gvt doing the bidding for their colleagues in stopping pay equity dead in its tracks - is 💯perfect. #NZPol #payequity

Thought I might put my work in one spot and pin them to my profile. Please use as you choose ✊ #PayEquity #OneTermGovernment

Image is NZ Prime Minister Luxon holding a sign of himself which reads
“National putting the N in cuts since 1936

A red badge with white lettering which reads
It's NOT the 1950s
YOU CUNTS!!
*Pay Equity

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I CAN'T BELIEVE
WE HAVE TO PROTEST THIS SHIT in 2025!!
#PayEquity

A pink badge with white and grey lettering which reads
What is a woman?
Someone paid less than a man
#PayEquity

The Crumb Maidens of the Government are deeply offended by sweary words...which accurately describe the depth of their betrayal of other women with much less their personal wealth and power.
Nothing like a group of very privileged women trying to escape scrutiny and accountability by deflecting attention on to the sweary words.
#payequity #NZPol

#PayEquity

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