I'm glad some labour folks showed up to the #TEUOnStrike action today, but honesty it was hard to listen to them pretend to give a shit about working people, when they fucking refused to do the most basic things to ensure everyone could feed their kids while they were actually in power.

A photo of the pavement outside UoA's Hiwa rec centre covered in chalk slogans such as 'fair pay' 'where are our teachers' wages?' And 'staff are not an extractable resource'

A photo of the pavement outside UoA's Hiwa rec centre covered in chalk slogans such as 'students want fair pay for staff' 'living wage' and 'fair pay'

Today's #TEUOnStrike action was empowering, full of solidarity and also ridiculously fun. I'm now covered in the righteous multicoloured chalk dust of union power.

Urgent reminder/invitation to break the strike received less than 20 minutes before the strike is due to start...

#SolidarityForever #TEUonStrike #UoAOnStrike

…as Uli our TEU rep said, Massey is not broke. Our PVC Margaret Maile is overseeing a reduction of the college's space by about a third to cut costs (as uni space charges are huge). Yet it will cost $3.5 million+ to move us into a smaller footprint. That'll come from some magic fund! 🪄 #teuonstrike

I hope our docked pay goes to the lowly paid techs, support staff et al who deserve to be paid enough to scrape by #livingwageforall #teuonstrike…

Striking today for fair pay for all at Massey University. Our Chancellor Jan Thomas (salary half a mill $+) decided to suspend TEU/PSA members without pay for the duration. As I said yesterday, VC's pay for *four hours* equals a living wage for a week… #TEUonStrike #stopthecuts #TEU #tertiarysector

#TEUonSTRIKE on Pukeahu

… meanwhile on the pukeahu picket #TEUonSTRIKE