The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi leadership will today finally meet with Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke van Velden after trying to secure a meeting for more than a year.
The meeting is set to take place at 10.15am in the Minister’s offices. It will only be the second meeting between the Minister and the peak body of the union movement.
Previous governments met regularly with the CTU regardless of their political affiliation. This is the first time that a Minister of Workplace Relations has refused to hold regular meetings with the CTU.
“After waiting more than 12 months, we’re looking forward to finally meeting with the Minister to demand answers on pay equity and the policies she’s advancing to undermine workers’ rights,” said NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff.
“This Minister has overseen an unprecedented assault on working people in Aotearoa, the latest example being her move to gut the Equal Pay Act. We will demand that she reverse these changes and deliver pay equity for working women,” said Wagstaff.
Brooke was wrong in Parliament to label Vance’s attack on Willis as misogyny.
The English language is complex and subtle.
A cunt isn’t just one thing.
Willis has been acting like a cunt since she got into Parliament. Her leader, Luxon, is a dumb cunt. Peters is a grumpy old cunt and his mate Jones is a fat cunt, who everyone wishes would just shut the fuck up for once. And Seymour is the worst, he is a smart arse cunt and nobody likes a smart arse.
In short, a Coalition of Cunts.
Brooke Van Velden who describes herself as a ‘strong woman who does not need a man to help her, ‘ fearful to explain herself to trade unions? Why can that be?
Why are the CTU bosses grovelling to this self-described c**t? She holds them in contempt and actively hates their members. It must be the lure of power and the cucumber sandwiches that draws union bosses like moths to a flame. Perhaps they’re just trying to get the Parliamentary vibe before they become Labour list MPs?