The Green Party welcome an external review into bullying and harassment of staff and contractors at Parliament. 

The Green Party support teachers and principals who continue to ask for better pay that meets the huge pressures that come with educating our kids.

The Green Party today welcomed the settlement of the nurses’ dispute that will give them a decent pay rise. “Nurses, who are at the heart of health care, have historically been underpaid and undervalued,” Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson said. “It is great they have fought for and won their battle to be paid reasonably and to have more staff employed so they can safely carry out their vital work.” “Given how much nurses have been neglected by the previous...

The National Party’s decision not to support the Domestic Violence – Victims’ Protection Bill through Select Committee is out of touch and playing politics with the lives of people affected by domestic violence, says the Bill’s sponsor Green MP Jan Logie. “National are putting the unfounded fears of a few businesses ahead of the safety of domestic violence victims and their communities,” says Jan Logie. “National are on the wrong side of the evidence, modern business practice, and history.” The...

The Green Party supports Wellington members of the Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) who are today striking to maintain hard-fought-for pay and conditions.

The Green Party has a plan to ensure that women and their families are treated fairly and paid better than they are now.  We will: Introduce pay transparency, by requiring employers to collect data on what they pay men and women. Make public sector chief executives responsible for achieving equal pay for employees of core Government departments. Amend the equal pay laws, to include agreed principles and an onus on employers to prove they are paying women fairly. Fund an...

The Green Party has announced today that it will make public sector chief executives responsible for achieving pay equity for employees of core Government departments within its first term in Government. The Green Party will make gender pay balance a performance expectation for each chief executive across the core state sector. Green Party MP Jan Logie announced the move at a Pay Equity Coalition rally in Auckland today.  “Women have been underpaid and undervalued for too long. The Green Party...

A sudden drop in the number of workplace interventions by the Labour Inspectorate suggests that the Government isn’t doing enough to support the basic rights of people at work, the Green Party said today. Interventions to ensure compliance with minimum workplace relations standards fell 25 percent from 2,500 last year to just 1,851 this year, according to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s annual report. This year’s unmet target was 2,500-3,000 interventions. “Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Woodhouse...

Parliament must listen to the thousands of people who have signed a Council of Trade Unions (CTU) petition calling for Easter Sunday to remain one of the few days people are guaranteed leave to spend time with their families, the Green Party said today. Green Party workplace relations spokesperson Denise Roche will table a CTU petition calling for the National Government’s support partners to protect the time New Zealanders get off work, when the Shop Trading Hours Amendment Bill is...

National’s decision to veto Labour’s paid parental leave Bill today is another example of the Government choosing to make excuses instead of doing what’s right for families, the Green Party said. The Bill had enough support from other parties in Parliament to become law and extend paid parental leave from 18 weeks to 26 weeks. “The Government should be doing what’s right for babies, parents, and families because that’s what’s right for the whole country, but National is full of...