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    New Zealand Labour‏Verified account @nzlabour Mar 28

    Did you know that in 3 days, the minimum wage will be increased to $16.50 per hour? This was one of the Government’s top priorities. It will benefit approximately 164,000 workers and their families, and will increase wages throughout the economy by $129 million per year.pic.twitter.com/VEOhprD6Cx

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      2. john murray‏ @keewe Mar 28
        Replying to @nzlabour

        The arrogance of this is unbelievable. It's the hard working owners of small/medium businesses that will bear the huge additional labour costs of your virtue signalling. I wonder how many will not survive it?

        12 replies 1 retweet 19 likes
      3. Annette‏ @annettechch Mar 28
        Replying to @keewe @nzlabour

        75 cent increase is not 'huge'

        3 replies 1 retweet 14 likes
      4. john murray‏ @keewe Mar 28
        Replying to @annettechch @nzlabour

        I rest my case #economicilliterate

        2 replies 2 retweets 15 likes
      5.  🍬LOLLY HOE 🍬‏ @ShiftyGirl91 Mar 29
        Replying to @keewe @annettechch @nzlabour

        If you can’t afford to run a small-medium business the. You shouldn’t have one

        5 replies 1 retweet 13 likes
      6. Sam Learmonth‏ @samlearmonthnz Mar 29
        Replying to @ShiftyGirl91 @keewe and

        NZ taxpayer is already paying close to $2b per year for private accommodation costs (and subsidizing wages as a result) because these business owners are not paying staff enough money to pay rent. Our low wage economy is the problem. Wage growth has been near 0% for too long.

        2 replies 2 retweets 14 likes
      7. john murray‏ @keewe Mar 29
        Replying to @samlearmonthnz @ShiftyGirl91 @nzlabour

        Average NZ wage now $2 higher than just 3 years ago.https://tradingeconomics.com/new-zealand/wages …

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Sam Learmonth‏ @samlearmonthnz Mar 29
        Replying to @keewe @ShiftyGirl91 @nzlabour

        Just because wages have gone up $2 in two years doesn’t mean there has been real wage growth. If the cost of living has skyrocketed (as it has over the last decade) then wages remain stagnant. Treasury forecast in May 2017 was that real wage growth would be 0.6% 2017-2021.

        3 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
      9. john murray‏ @keewe Mar 29
        Replying to @samlearmonthnz @ShiftyGirl91 @nzlabour

        I was addressing your statement that "Wage growth has been near 0% for too long." In fact wage growth has been around 2% pa. Not high, but not near zero either

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Aaron‏ @TweetingDemon Mar 28
        Replying to @nzlabour

        And then prices will go up, quality of service everywhere will degrade just that little bit and jobs will become harder to find. This cycle of pricing labour out of the New Zealand economy can't continue.

        4 replies 1 retweet 12 likes
      3. Lou™‏ @LouHou Mar 28
        Replying to @TweetingDemon @nzlabour

        Someone is going to pay that $129m. Can you guess who? Not the employers. Yes those tax paying consumers that you took the $1000 tax break off. You're welcome.

        1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
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      2. reid 1⃣ 3⃣‏ @reidwicks Mar 29
        Replying to @nzlabour @grantrobertson1

        I'm generally a supporter of this government, but this does me no good due to the cutoff for student allowances. As it is, if I work more than 13 hours (very easy to do with just weekend work), I'm basically working for free.

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      3. reid 1⃣ 3⃣‏ @reidwicks Mar 29
        Replying to @reidwicks @nzlabour @grantrobertson1

        This screws me, as I can't save for when I can't work as much, because my allowance will be cut. Current policy basically forces me to live paycheck-to-paycheck.

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. reid 1⃣ 3⃣‏ @reidwicks Mar 29
        Replying to @reidwicks @nzlabour @grantrobertson1

        When I was on the unemployment benefit, I only lost 70c(ish) from my benefit per dollar I earned, meaning I could work more when I had the opportunity. As a student, taking on extra work when my uni workload is low is completely pointless.

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      5. reid 1⃣ 3⃣‏ @reidwicks Mar 29
        Replying to @reidwicks @nzlabour @grantrobertson1

        I'll be honest, and cut right to the heart of the issue: if my rent weren't so high, none of this would be an issue. But we've had almost a decade of a government who hasn't done anything to keep housing—a fundamental human right—affordable.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. reid 1⃣ 3⃣‏ @reidwicks Mar 29
        Replying to @reidwicks @nzlabour @grantrobertson1

        The cost of living in New Zealand is high, and our wages and benefits are low. If this government doesn't have the guts to do something about it, I will be extremely disappointed, and left even more disillusioned than I was under the previous government.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      7. reid 1⃣ 3⃣‏ @reidwicks Mar 29
        Replying to @reidwicks @nzlabour @grantrobertson1

        An increase in minimum wage in great; but it doesn't address the fundamental systemic issues that we're facing as a country.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. End of conversation
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      2. Marja Lubeck‏Verified account @MarjaLubeck Mar 28
        Replying to @nzlabour

        To hear the Minister answer some questions about the minimum wage tune in to Parliament TV today for question 11.

        1 reply 3 retweets 12 likes
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