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Petition for a Citizens Initiated Referendum
Unite! union petitioned the government to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, and we supported them.
Close to 200,000 people signed the petition. Thank you to everyone who helped out gathering signatures.
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450,000 New Zealanders with not enough to live on
Currently 450,000 New Zealanders live on less than $15 an hour and more than 100,000 live on minimum wage. That’s not enough to live on.
30% of New Zealanders on the lowest incomes in 2004 were worse off in real dollars than they were 20 years ago. Meanwhile corporate profits increased 11% a year from 2000-2004 and the wealthiest 10% of the population are 21% better off than they were 20 years ago.
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