Labour Candidate for Wellington Bays in 2026. Economist, Unionist, and believer in a better Aotearoa. Authorised by Rob Salmond, 2 Gilmer Terrace, Wellington
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TAKING OUR POWER BACK:
NZCTU Economist @CLRenney spoke in front of Parliament today about our plan to deliver affordable energy in New Zealand by bringing our electricity back into public ownership.
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The year ended June 2025 shows record exports to the US, up 79 percent since 2021. Willis’ contractionary fiscal policies - not the trump tariffs - are crashing the economy.
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🚨MEDIA RELEASE: Workers paying the price in weak economy. 🚨
1/8 New data released by Stats NZ shows that unemployment has increased to 5.2%, meaning that there are 158,000 people unemployed in NZ, and that wages aren’t keeping up with rising costs says CTU economist @CLRenney
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We're almost ready to take our petition to Parliament. Let's get it to 100,000—tell your friends, tell your whānau, and spread the word. Join us as we fight back together for working women.
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...other action that [van Velden] also includes in the category of “partial strikes” includes things like teachers refusing to take extracurricular activities and sports, which is voluntary, wearing union T-shirts and “working to rule”.
thepost.co.nz/business/36073…
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First episode of Locked Out with Craig Renney drops tomorrow morning on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube with a conversation around electricity prices.
Dis you know that there was a period last year when every dollar you paid for electricity had 92c profit for the provider?
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Facts
1. Defence Force disestablised 200 civilians roles
2. Defence lost 144 civilians through voluntary redundancy to save $
3. Civilians are critical - they certify military equipment is safe to fly and do security at bases
4. Plans to cut flu vaccine at Defence to save $
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I've been a 'union economist' my whole career, so I can't overstate how honoured I'll be Friday to receive a lifetime membership from the Australian Education Union @AEUfederal for research showing the economic & social benefits of public education. /2
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Child poverty costs us morally, economically, and socially. It is corrosive to all that is good. Our children deserve security from the ills of poverty, and we can deliver that. We had an agreement to get there once. We can do it again. craigrenney.substack.com/p/i…
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The PSA filed legal action this week against the cuts at Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora which aim to stop the health cuts and stop the job losses in their tracks.
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Minister Van Velden says she prefers to meet with workers directly, rarely making time to meet with the @NZ_CTU, which represents 360,000 workers across the country. How many workers do they FSU and Red Unions represent? newsroom.co.nz/2025/02/04/va…
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1/17 A new report from @CICTAR_Tax @350nz and Common Grace Aotearoa warns that a dry winter in 2025 could enable NZ's largest gas user, Methanex, to push up gas and electricity prices, which could destroy jobs and livelihoods. See: cictar.org/all-research/meth…
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This is wrong and bad.
How is your day going? I’ve just been declined access to the @nztreasury HYEFU lock-up. Apparently that’s because the CTU didn’t meet their criteria. Our 27 Unions & more than 320,000 workers don’t need to know about the govt books or the economy? Open & transparent government 🤷
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Huge crowd today in Wellington at our meeting to resist and oppose this Government’s destructive agenda.
Unions will keep this opposition up every day between now and the next election. This Government is dangerous and divisive and must be stopped.
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The loss of 600 jobs will be devastating for Timaru and South Canterbury. It is unacceptable that there has been absolutely no help for the affected workers even though the Government has known since last month that this was likely to happen. union.org.nz/government-must…
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National campaigned on a very specific Dunedin Hospital rebuild. They did not campaign on a vague fit for purpose promise that Shane Reti is now referring to. A potential retrofit, new site, or fewer floors is a huge backtrack. And a disgrace. 🏥
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👀Minister Reti just said Dunedin Hospital build will be “phased” and sounded like it would not be a vertical build - module builds mentioned. Hansard to come. Exceptionally concerning. 🏥 #Dunedin @odtnews @southernscoop
