"Union membership dropped to about 20% after National's Employment Contracts Act, and has never really recovered." "The core of the Clark government's industrial relations policy was 'give unions the tools, and let them fight and win gains for themselves'. That worked quite well." @norightturnnz@mastodon.social, 2026 https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2026/07/eating-labours-lunch.html Pick one. The Clark regime did sod all to support unions. They didn't even repeal the Nats anti-strike laws, and unions gained very little ground during or since. (1/?)