#Clip: 1 on 1 in 10: Sandra Grey on Workers’ Rights, Union Power & Election 2026
Are New Zealand workers ready to fight back against falling wages, weakened workplace protections and a political system that increasingly favours corporate wealth?
In this week’s 1 on 1 in 10, Martyn Bradbury speaks with New Zealand Council of Trade Unions President Sandra Grey about union power, the cost-of-living crisis, workplace safety, fair pay agreements, migrant-worker exploitation and why Election 2026 could be decisive for working people.
Sandra argues that workers have been taught to feel grateful simply to have a job, when employers and the wider economy should recognise that New Zealand depends on workers turning up every day and keeping the country running.
*This interview examines:*
• Why workers continue to face the same pressures seen in the 1950s
• Whether automatic union enrolment could transform workers’ power
• The Green Party proposal to make union membership the norm
• Brooke van Velden’s changes to WorkSafe and employment protections
• Pay equity and the Government’s record on workers’ rights
• Fair pay agreements and collective bargaining
• Migrant-worker exploitation and the race to the bottom on wages
• Workplace deaths, injuries and work-related suicide
• Why working families are increasingly using food banks
• New Zealand First’s voting record on employment legislation
• Why workers must enrol and vote in Election 2026
Sandra Grey says New Zealand can build an economy where workers receive a fair share, children are not living in poverty and everyone returns home safely at the end of the working day.
But that will only happen if workers organise, join unions and use their political power.
*Join your union. Enrol to vote. Make your voice count.*
