@norightturnnz@mastodon.social It's always a challenge for the Green Party that we actually mean things that many commentators are used to hearing from other parties only as lies. So when we say in our charter, that “decisions will be made directly at the appropriate level by those affected”, that's not empty rhetoric. It's a key principle that frequently distinguishes Green positions from Labour. Where they generally favour centralising power in government, we are for decentralising it to communities. Fair pay agreements are a typically Labour strategy: huge centralised negotiations between government and business. Connecting workers with their unions, where they can more directly set the agenda, is a more Green approach.