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Minimum Wage Increase an Insult
PRESS RELEASE
MANA Leader and MP
for Te Tai Tokerau Hone Harawira
26th
February
Minimum Wage Increase an Insult
“I bet people on the
minimum wage are jumping for joy right now. After all they
will get a whopping 25 more cents per hour for working their
arses off!” says MANA Leader and MP for Te Tai Tokerau
Hone Harawira.
“An extra 25 cents is a kick in the guts to people who keep this country running. MANA, the Greens, Labour, the churches and the unions all know that if people want to have a reasonable standard of living then they need a living wage. A living wage is set by non-political groups at $18.40 per hour, not $13.75. What an insult”.
ENDS
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