Wellington Fare Hike Hits Workers During Fuel Crisis
Wellington commuters are being hit with higher Metlink fares just as fuel prices surge, and unions say working people are paying the price again.

Wellington commuters are being hit with higher Metlink fares just as fuel prices surge, and unions say working people are paying the price again.

The Government thought it could kneecap pay equity, rob low-paid women workers, fund tax cuts, and move on. The unions clearly have other ideas.

The Government didn’t just cancel pay equity claims. It cancelled justice for more than 180,000 workers, and now the United Nations is being asked to look.

The Government can spin the numbers however it likes. But 163,000 people unemployed and 406,000 underutilised is not recovery. It is warning sirens.

The Government’s pay equity rollback is no longer just a domestic political fight, it’s now the subject of an international human rights complaint.

Sandra Grey is giving the union movement something it has lacked for years: urgency, clarity and political bite. And with the fuel crisis escalating, that matters.
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