The Employment Relations Amendment Bill: A State-Sanctioned Assault On The Working Class – Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement

The Employment Relations Amendment Bill: A State-Sanctioned Assault On The Working Class – Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement

The National-ACT-New Zealand First coalition government’s Employment Relations Amendment Bill (ERAB), will see a sweeping series of legislative changes that reshape the legal terrain of labour in Aotearoa. These changes, billed by the government as necessary for “labour market flexibility” and “economic growth,” represent a radical rollback of worker protections. Cloaked in technocratic language and presented as pragmatic reform, the bill in fac…