Political Roundup: The Public sector worker backlash against Labour
8 May, 2021 05:04 AM
13 minutes to read
The Labour Party has effectively given the vast majority of public sector workers a pay cut. Photo / Mark Mitchell
The Labour Party has effectively given the vast majority of public sector workers a pay cut. Photo / Mark Mitchell
By: Bryce Edwards, for the Democracy Project
Bryce Edwards is a lecturer in Politics at Victoria University@bryce_edwards
OPINION:
Is Labour supposed to be the party of labour or of capital? It's often hard to tell these days, and many in the labour movement and the political left are feeling betrayed this week by the Government's announcement of a pay freeze for public sector workers.