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JACINDA ARDERN’S Labour government in New Zealand has introduced legislation to enable industry-wide collective bargaining where unions can demonstrate worker support, or it passes a public interest test.
New Zealand’s Minister for Workplace Relations Michael Wood introduced the Fair Pay Agreement (FPA) Bill into Parliament, delivering on a Labour campaign pledge at the 2020 election.
New Zealand’s industrial relations system currently only permits collective bargaining at an enterprise level, between individual employers and unions.
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