Through pure people power — with workers, faith, and community uniting — the Government has decided to keep the Living Wage in its procurement guidelines for contracted cleaners, catering workers, and security guards.
Special mention to the many workers who stood up, shared their stories, and organised for this win — to name just a few: Liam Shaw, Ministry of Health cleaner; Clive Miller, Ministry of Social Development security guard; Mele Peaua, MBIE cleaner; and Mareta Sinoti, cleaner at the Department of Internal Affairs.
We dropped off the 100s of written submissions collected to MBIE against the Government’s procurement changes to remove the Living Wage.
In a fitting fashion the contracted Security Gaurd – impacted by these procurement changes – dropped the forms off to the procurement consultation team. We were glad that it rang home to MBIE officials as they provided their advice to cabinet.
