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if there was ever a 'are we the baddies?' moment, surely, it's the point where you're getting your staff to work out how you can reduce the amount of compensation sexual abuse victims get

https://nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1923850596416880959#m

Published: May 17, 2025 21:18

if there was ever a 'are we the baddies?' moment, surely, it's the point where you're getting your staff to work out how you can reduce the amount of compensation sexual abuse victims get nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1923849635401171129#m

'Budget doesn't balance after the tax cuts we gave landlords' 'We'll cut some stuff' 'How about we undo the landlord tax cuts?' 'Haha, good one' 'We've cut pay equity, but we need more' 'You know whose had it too good for too long? Victims of sexual abuse' https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/economy/employment/government-mulls-limiting-acc-cover-as-rape-victims-court-win-exposes-insurer-to-costly-claims/YIRB3XDGCBCXTKR4DMF6UQF3CY/

https://nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1923849635401171129#m

Published: May 17, 2025 21:14

'Budget doesn't balance after the tax cuts we gave landlords' 'We'll cut some stuff' 'How about we undo the landlord tax cuts?' 'Haha, good one' 'We've cut pay equity, but we need more' 'You know whose had it too good for too long? Victims of sexual abuse'…

check out the dude who doesn’t know the difference between equal pay and pay equity

https://nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1923653588435468410#m

Published: May 17, 2025 08:15

check out the dude who doesn’t know the difference between equal pay and pay equity nitter.poast.org/VaticanGoogles/status/1923580521692701023#m

how many teachers, nurses care workers and others will pack their bags without pay equity? ... after being told by the government that they are undeserving of fair pay? ... that their rights are to be sacrificed to fill a budget hole created by tax cuts for landlords?

https://nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1923549578630136289#m

Published: May 17, 2025 01:22

how many teachers, nurses care workers and others will pack their bags without pay equity? ... after being told by the government that they are undeserving of fair pay? ... that their rights are to be sacrificed to fill a budget hole created by tax cuts…

The right (and a lot of media) would much rather tone police on word choices than face the real world consequences of the new law that makes pay equity impossible for 100,000s of Kiwi women. My 2 cents with these things: don't give them the out. Nail them on the substance.

https://nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1923217830603841681#m

Published: May 16, 2025 03:23

The right (and a lot of media) would much rather tone police on word choices than face the real world consequences of the new law that makes pay equity impossible for 100,000s of Kiwi women. My 2 cents with these things: don't give them the out. Nail them…

funny how 'hard choices' are always 'no pay equity for you, ladies' or 'you're going to have to work 2 more years' or 'we're gonna wreck your environment to protect legacy companies' not 'we're going to remove landlord tax breaks' or 'the wealthy have to give up a bit of wealth'

https://nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1923121242506170370#m

Published: May 15, 2025 21:00

funny how 'hard choices' are always 'no pay equity for you, ladies' or 'you're going to have to work 2 more years' or 'we're gonna wreck your environment to protect legacy companies' not 'we're going to remove landlord tax breaks' or 'the wealthy have to…

if govt is looking at increasing kiwisaver contribution rates, they should make it a variable rate to replace the OCR inflation targeting Increase people's savings to combat demand-led inflation, rather than using interest rates to strangle the economy & kill the construction

https://nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1922773608625013010#m

Published: May 14, 2025 21:58

if govt is looking at increasing kiwisaver contribution rates, they should make it a variable rate to replace the OCR inflation targeting Increase people's savings to combat demand-led inflation, rather than using interest rates to strangle the economy &…

the TPU staffers who convinced Jordan to pay for them to have a two week holiday road tripping around NZ are geniuses.

https://nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1922521387958173876#m

Published: May 14, 2025 05:16

the TPU staffers who convinced Jordan to pay for them to have a two week holiday road tripping around NZ are geniuses. nitter.poast.org/TaxpayersUnion/status/1922415616343867726#m

the thing to remember is the 500 in 2 years target was actually a slowdown from Labour's average of 350 per year. 16 months in they're up only six (6) cops. that's 0.4 a month. they would need to add 62 cops a month, 2 cops *a day*, to make their target from here.

https://nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1922439148129902959#m

Published: May 13, 2025 23:49

the thing to remember is the 500 in 2 years target was actually a slowdown from Labour's average of 350 per year. 16 months in they're up only six (6) cops. that's 0.4 a month. they would need to add 62 cops a month, 2 cops *a day*, to make their target…

all these third-way, ultra-targeted, too-clever-by-half policies (from both left & right) under-deliver & over-cost too hard to access & administer It's not just IRD costs. families & ECEs bearing costs too. increased burden on people's lives need simple, universalist policies

https://nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1922379155292787116#m

Published: May 13, 2025 19:51

all these third-way, ultra-targeted, too-clever-by-half policies (from both left & right) under-deliver & over-cost too hard to access & administer It's not just IRD costs. families & ECEs bearing costs too. increased burden on people's lives need…

govt says the neutering of pay equity had to done under urgency 'to give certainty' to claims already under way (scrap them). that logic can apply to any new law. but, you don't see them upend the RMA under urgency and scrap all current consent applications. That would be crazy

https://nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1922377148985184303#m

Published: May 13, 2025 19:43

govt says the neutering of pay equity had to done under urgency 'to give certainty' to claims already under way (scrap them). that logic can apply to any new law. but, you don't see them upend the RMA under urgency and scrap all current consent…

So, the new law will save the govt billions on pay equity payouts, but won't cost workers anything. It had to be rushed through and extinguish current claims, and Treasury expects to pay out billions less in settlements.. but it doesn't deny women pay equity. Pull the other one

https://nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1922226054967496780#m

Published: May 13, 2025 09:42

So, the new law will save the govt billions on pay equity payouts, but won't cost workers anything. It had to be rushed through and extinguish current claims, and Treasury expects to pay out billions less in settlements.. but it doesn't deny women pay…

they're hoping journos cover it in know-nothing fashion: 'each side says the other is lying, who knows what's true, durp, durp, durp' some will happily jump at the chance. but every expert says & every voter knows that saving billions on pay equity means less money for women

https://nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1922183908776415686#m

Published: May 13, 2025 06:55

they're hoping journos cover it in know-nothing fashion: 'each side says the other is lying, who knows what's true, durp, durp, durp' some will happily jump at the chance. but every expert says & every voter knows that saving billions on pay equity…

the polling they're getting must be terrible. I can't recall seeing such a panic response from a party.

https://nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1922182277607325991#m

Published: May 13, 2025 06:49

the polling they're getting must be terrible. I can't recall seeing such a panic response from a party. nitter.poast.org/NZNationalParty/status/1922173101208379599#m

RT by @ClintVSmith: #BHN Amy Ross was in Iceland speaking about pay equity when NZ rolled back the pay equality act, how did she explain to her audience the next day that NZ now isn't a world leader in this area like it was 24 hours earlier #nzpol

https://nitter.poast.org/patbrittenden/status/1922118097655238793#m

Published: May 13, 2025 02:34

#BHN Amy Ross was in Iceland speaking about pay equity when NZ rolled back the pay equality act, how did she explain to her audience the next day that NZ now isn't a world leader in this area like it was 24 hours earlier #nzpol

RT by @ClintVSmith: Every time the PM says his Govt is going to make pay equity “more affordable” he is just saying they want to keep underpaying the people whose work has been undervalued due to gender discrimination.

https://nitter.poast.org/JulieAnneGenter/status/1922114660330811535#m

Published: May 13, 2025 02:20

Every time the PM says his Govt is going to make pay equity “more affordable” he is just saying they want to keep underpaying the people whose work has been undervalued due to gender discrimination.

"we've reset the law to make it more affordable" affordable for whom? the care and support workers? the teachers? the nurses?

https://nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1922109841046114609#m

Published: May 13, 2025 02:01

"we've reset the law to make it more affordable" affordable for whom? the care and support workers? the teachers? the nurses? nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1922108731635945920#m

on one hand, the brazennesss is impressive. cutting billions set aside for pay equity claims, then acting all angry when people say your actions will cost women money on the other, the risk in steadfastly claiming up is down, black is white, is you burn your credibility

https://nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1922108731635945920#m

Published: May 13, 2025 01:56

on one hand, the brazennesss is impressive. cutting billions set aside for pay equity claims, then acting all angry when people say your actions will cost women money on the other, the risk in steadfastly claiming up is down, black is white, is you burn…

RT by @ClintVSmith: At 5pm yesterday, the Treasury informed the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi (NZCTU) it has been barred from attending the Budget lock-up on 22 May. This is the first time the CTU has been prevented from attending a Budget lock-up in living memory

https://nitter.poast.org/CLRenney/status/1922077066238874035#m

Published: May 12, 2025 23:50

At 5pm yesterday, the Treasury informed the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi (NZCTU) it has been barred from attending the Budget lock-up on 22 May. This is the first time the CTU has been prevented from attending a Budget lock-up in…

I like that the one cop on Stewart Island is called Stuart https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360680576/without-holding-cell-remote-islands-only-cop-has-stay-all-night-detainees

https://nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1922034513539985516#m

Published: May 12, 2025 21:01

I like that the one cop on Stewart Island is called Stuart stuff.co.nz/nz-news/36068057…

Amy Ross from Work Ethics was invited to Iceland to discuss NZ's worldleading pay equity law when the govt bombshell dropped "I had to stand up in front of the next day's audience and try not to cry... Something women had spent decades achieving was gone" https://www.youtube.com/live/IkzV2vhg9d8?si=5aJsfln6b2ytwqeb

https://nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1921867604081234002#m

Published: May 12, 2025 09:58

Amy Ross from Work Ethics was invited to Iceland to discuss NZ's worldleading pay equity law when the govt bombshell dropped "I had to stand up in front of the next day's audience and try not to cry... Something women had spent decades achieving was gone"…

the fact the government expects you'll read "librarians were being compared to fisheries officers" with no further information and find it self evidently ridiculous? yeah, that ingrained misogyny is part of the problem.

https://nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1921831113447620748#m

Published: May 12, 2025 07:33

the fact the government expects you'll read "librarians were being compared to fisheries officers" with no further information and find it self evidently ridiculous? yeah, that ingrained misogyny is part of the problem.…

Also, consider how much these women are being underpaid, if blocking pay equity for hundreds of thousands costs them billions of dollars of lost pay. say it's $2b/yr across 200,000 people. That's $10,000 each. $200 a week. $12 a week tax cuts are a joke compared to fair pay.

https://nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1921695755246444716#m

Published: May 11, 2025 22:35

Also, consider how much these women are being underpaid, if blocking pay equity for hundreds of thousands costs them billions of dollars of lost pay. say it's $2b/yr across 200,000 people. That's $10,000 each. $200 a week. $12 a week tax cuts are a joke…

"releas[ing] billions of dollars" is how the finance minister describes stopping hundreds of thousands of women getting pay equity Every cent of a pay equity settlement is more pay for workers. Cutting billions out of pay equity is taking money away from workers. Simple as.

https://nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1921694207397237242#m

Published: May 11, 2025 22:29

"releas[ing] billions of dollars" is how the finance minister describes stopping hundreds of thousands of women getting pay equity Every cent of a pay equity settlement is more pay for workers. Cutting billions out of pay equity is taking money away from…

they pulled this stunt already. 'Crusher' Collins ended up crushing precisely zero cars. Only 3 had been crushed by 2017.

https://nitter.poast.org/ClintVSmith/status/1921417919533137974#m

Published: May 11, 2025 04:11

they pulled this stunt already. 'Crusher' Collins ended up crushing precisely zero cars. Only 3 had been crushed by 2017. nitter.poast.org/NZNationalParty/status/1921386598735687699#m