#emilywrites — Public Fediverse posts

"Almost a year ago, on May 6 2025, the Government announced it was using urgency to alter the historic pay equity process agreed to under 2020 amendments to a long-standing law, the Equal Pay Act 1972.
It's hard to put into words how devastating these amendments were for working women in Aotearoa."

#NZPol #PayEquity #EmilyWrites

https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-issue-this-government-hopes-you-forget-about/

"Almost a year ago, on May 6 2025, the Government announced it was using urgency to alter the historic pay equity process agreed to under 2020 amendments to a long-standing law, the Equal Pay Act 1972.
It's hard to put into words how devastating these amendments were for working women in Aotearoa."

#NZPol #PayEquity #EmilyWrites

https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-issue-this-government-hopes-you-forget-about/

"Almost a year ago, on May 6 2025, the Government announced it was using urgency to alter the historic pay equity process agreed to under 2020 amendments to a long-standing law, the Equal Pay Act 1972.
It's hard to put into words how devastating these amendments were for working women in Aotearoa."

#NZPol #PayEquity #EmilyWrites

https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-issue-this-government-hopes-you-forget-about/

"Almost a year ago, on May 6 2025, the Government announced it was using urgency to alter the historic pay equity process agreed to under 2020 amendments to a long-standing law, the Equal Pay Act 1972.
It's hard to put into words how devastating these amendments were for working women in Aotearoa."

#NZPol #PayEquity #EmilyWrites

https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-issue-this-government-hopes-you-forget-about/

"Almost a year ago, on May 6 2025, the Government announced it was using urgency to alter the historic pay equity process agreed to under 2020 amendments to a long-standing law, the Equal Pay Act 1972.
It's hard to put into words how devastating these amendments were for working women in Aotearoa."

#NZPol #PayEquity #EmilyWrites

https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-issue-this-government-hopes-you-forget-about/

"The strikers I've spoken to are striking because they are being put into situations that are against their moral code. Unsafe situations from classrooms to emergency departments. They're understaffed and under-resourced, which means they cannot do what they chose their professions to do. And they're seeing first hand how public sector cuts have harmed those that they care for, those that they've devoted their lives to ..."

#EmilyWrites #NZPol #Strike

https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/strike/

"The strikers I've spoken to are striking because they are being put into situations that are against their moral code. Unsafe situations from classrooms to emergency departments. They're understaffed and under-resourced, which means they cannot do what they chose their professions to do. And they're seeing first hand how public sector cuts have harmed those that they care for, those that they've devoted their lives to ..."

#EmilyWrites #NZPol #Strike

https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/strike/

"The strikers I've spoken to are striking because they are being put into situations that are against their moral code. Unsafe situations from classrooms to emergency departments. They're understaffed and under-resourced, which means they cannot do what they chose their professions to do. And they're seeing first hand how public sector cuts have harmed those that they care for, those that they've devoted their lives to ..."

#EmilyWrites #NZPol #Strike

https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/strike/

"The strikers I've spoken to are striking because they are being put into situations that are against their moral code. Unsafe situations from classrooms to emergency departments. They're understaffed and under-resourced, which means they cannot do what they chose their professions to do. And they're seeing first hand how public sector cuts have harmed those that they care for, those that they've devoted their lives to ..."

#EmilyWrites #NZPol #Strike

https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/strike/

"And here’s the kicker: that stat Upston loves to throw around, the one about the average beneficiary being on a benefit for 18 years, isn’t what she makes it sound like.
It’s a modelling estimate from MSD that projects how long people might receive a main benefit over their lifetime,
...
But Upston’s been selling it like every young person who signs up for Jobseeker is settling in for two decades of couch time."

#NZPol #Beneficiaries #EmilyWrites

https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-governments-creative-storytelling-must-be-addressed/

"And here’s the kicker: that stat Upston loves to throw around, the one about the average beneficiary being on a benefit for 18 years, isn’t what she makes it sound like.
It’s a modelling estimate from MSD that projects how long people might receive a main benefit over their lifetime,
...
But Upston’s been selling it like every young person who signs up for Jobseeker is settling in for two decades of couch time."

#NZPol #Beneficiaries #EmilyWrites

https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-governments-creative-storytelling-must-be-addressed/

"And here’s the kicker: that stat Upston loves to throw around, the one about the average beneficiary being on a benefit for 18 years, isn’t what she makes it sound like.
It’s a modelling estimate from MSD that projects how long people might receive a main benefit over their lifetime,
...
But Upston’s been selling it like every young person who signs up for Jobseeker is settling in for two decades of couch time."

#NZPol #Beneficiaries #EmilyWrites

https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-governments-creative-storytelling-must-be-addressed/

"And here’s the kicker: that stat Upston loves to throw around, the one about the average beneficiary being on a benefit for 18 years, isn’t what she makes it sound like.
It’s a modelling estimate from MSD that projects how long people might receive a main benefit over their lifetime,
...
But Upston’s been selling it like every young person who signs up for Jobseeker is settling in for two decades of couch time."

#NZPol #Beneficiaries #EmilyWrites

https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-governments-creative-storytelling-must-be-addressed/

"And here’s the kicker: that stat Upston loves to throw around, the one about the average beneficiary being on a benefit for 18 years, isn’t what she makes it sound like.
It’s a modelling estimate from MSD that projects how long people might receive a main benefit over their lifetime,
...
But Upston’s been selling it like every young person who signs up for Jobseeker is settling in for two decades of couch time."

#NZPol #Beneficiaries #EmilyWrites

https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-governments-creative-storytelling-must-be-addressed/

"If things get any spicier than they already are, no one’s flying down here for a tour of Hobbiton. They’ll be after the water, the food, the infrastructure.
...
And if we’ve already sold off the ports, the supply chains, the processing plants? We won’t even get a say. We’ll be the pantry, not the people at the table."

#NZPol #EmilyWrites #Aotearoa

https://emilywrites.substack.com/p/seymours-aotearoa-how-to-lose-a-country

"If things get any spicier than they already are, no one’s flying down here for a tour of Hobbiton. They’ll be after the water, the food, the infrastructure.
...
And if we’ve already sold off the ports, the supply chains, the processing plants? We won’t even get a say. We’ll be the pantry, not the people at the table."

#NZPol #EmilyWrites #Aotearoa

https://emilywrites.substack.com/p/seymours-aotearoa-how-to-lose-a-country

"If things get any spicier than they already are, no one’s flying down here for a tour of Hobbiton. They’ll be after the water, the food, the infrastructure.
...
And if we’ve already sold off the ports, the supply chains, the processing plants? We won’t even get a say. We’ll be the pantry, not the people at the table."

#NZPol #EmilyWrites #Aotearoa

https://emilywrites.substack.com/p/seymours-aotearoa-how-to-lose-a-country

"If things get any spicier than they already are, no one’s flying down here for a tour of Hobbiton. They’ll be after the water, the food, the infrastructure.
...
And if we’ve already sold off the ports, the supply chains, the processing plants? We won’t even get a say. We’ll be the pantry, not the people at the table."

#NZPol #EmilyWrites #Aotearoa

https://emilywrites.substack.com/p/seymours-aotearoa-how-to-lose-a-country

"Seymour has said he would like to see parents prosecuted if their child does not regularly attend school:...

As the parent of a child who cannot currently attend school, I find the idea that supports are available almost laughable. Don’t get me wrong, my child’s school is amazing. But there is only so much they can do without funding."

#NZPol #Education #SchoolAvoidance #EmilyWrites

https://emilywrites.substack.com/p/guilty-shamed-and-traumatised-what

"Seymour has said he would like to see parents prosecuted if their child does not regularly attend school:...

As the parent of a child who cannot currently attend school, I find the idea that supports are available almost laughable. Don’t get me wrong, my child’s school is amazing. But there is only so much they can do without funding."

#NZPol #Education #SchoolAvoidance #EmilyWrites

https://emilywrites.substack.com/p/guilty-shamed-and-traumatised-what

"Seymour has said he would like to see parents prosecuted if their child does not regularly attend school:...

As the parent of a child who cannot currently attend school, I find the idea that supports are available almost laughable. Don’t get me wrong, my child’s school is amazing. But there is only so much they can do without funding."

#NZPol #Education #SchoolAvoidance #EmilyWrites

https://emilywrites.substack.com/p/guilty-shamed-and-traumatised-what

"Seymour has said he would like to see parents prosecuted if their child does not regularly attend school:...

As the parent of a child who cannot currently attend school, I find the idea that supports are available almost laughable. Don’t get me wrong, my child’s school is amazing. But there is only so much they can do without funding."

#NZPol #Education #SchoolAvoidance #EmilyWrites

https://emilywrites.substack.com/p/guilty-shamed-and-traumatised-what

"You’ve worked hard your whole life. You’ve saved. You’ve tried to be kind to others. You’ve volunteered in your community. You have given to others, loved and been loved in return.

You’re struggling to recognise the country you live in. Maybe it’s always been like this but everything feels meaner."

#NZPol #EmilyWrites #SatireButNot

https://emilywrites.substack.com/p/a-day-in-the-life-in-the-lucky-country

"You’ve worked hard your whole life. You’ve saved. You’ve tried to be kind to others. You’ve volunteered in your community. You have given to others, loved and been loved in return.

You’re struggling to recognise the country you live in. Maybe it’s always been like this but everything feels meaner."

#NZPol #EmilyWrites #SatireButNot

https://emilywrites.substack.com/p/a-day-in-the-life-in-the-lucky-country

"You’ve worked hard your whole life. You’ve saved. You’ve tried to be kind to others. You’ve volunteered in your community. You have given to others, loved and been loved in return.

You’re struggling to recognise the country you live in. Maybe it’s always been like this but everything feels meaner."

#NZPol #EmilyWrites #SatireButNot

https://emilywrites.substack.com/p/a-day-in-the-life-in-the-lucky-country

"You’ve worked hard your whole life. You’ve saved. You’ve tried to be kind to others. You’ve volunteered in your community. You have given to others, loved and been loved in return.

You’re struggling to recognise the country you live in. Maybe it’s always been like this but everything feels meaner."

#NZPol #EmilyWrites #SatireButNot

https://emilywrites.substack.com/p/a-day-in-the-life-in-the-lucky-country