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📋 Collective bargaining rights

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"Collective bargaining" is when a union negotiates a single employment agreement covering a group of employees, rather than each employee bargaining individually. Several Employment Relations Amendment Bills have gone back and forth on the rules around it - e.g. whether employers must genuinely try to reach agreement ("good faith" bargaining), and whether an employer can opt out of bargaining that covers several employers at once.

44% support in the most recent vote

How each party has stood on this policy over time. On a 🔄 Aye = against vote, whoever voted Aye is shown as opposing the policy, not supporting it. 🙋 Conscience vote rows show which way most of that party's MPs voted, plus what % voted Aye in the House.

Vote National Labour Green ACT NZ First Te Pāti Māori Progressive United Future
Employment Relations Amendment Bill ✓ Passed 🔄 Aye = against
15 Jul 2025 · First reading
✕ Opposes ✓ Supports ✓ Supports ✕ Opposes ✕ Opposes ✓ Supports — —
Employment Relations (Collective Agreements in Triangular Relationships) Amendment Bill ✕ Failed
9 Apr 2025 · First reading
✕ Opposes ✓ Supports ✓ Supports ✕ Opposes ✕ Opposes ✓ Supports — —
Employment Relations Amendment Bill ✓ Passed
5 Dec 2018 · Third reading
✕ Opposes ✓ Supports ✓ Supports ✕ Opposes ✓ Supports — — —
Employment Relations Amendment Bill ✓ Passed
27 Nov 2018 · Second reading
✕ Opposes ✓ Supports ✓ Supports ✕ Opposes ✓ Supports — — —
Employment Relations Amendment Bill ✓ Passed
1 Feb 2018 · First reading
✕ Opposes ✓ Supports ✓ Supports — ✓ Supports — — —
Employment Relations Amendment Bill ✓ Passed 🔄 Aye = against
19 Mar 2014 · Second Reading
✕ Opposes ✓ Supports ✓ Supports ✕ Opposes ✓ Supports ✓ Supports — ✕ Opposes
Employment Relations Amendment Bill ✓ Passed 🔄 Aye = against
5 Jun 2013 · First reading
✕ Opposes ✓ Supports ✓ Supports ✕ Opposes ✓ Supports ✓ Supports — ✕ Opposes
Employment Relations Law Reform Bill ✓ Passed
5 Oct 2004 · Second reading
✕ Opposes ✓ Supports ✓ Supports ✕ Opposes ✕ Opposes ✓ Supports ✓ Supports ✕ Opposes
Employment Relations Law Reform Bill ✓ Passed
11 Dec 2003 · First reading
✕ Opposes ✓ Supports ✓ Supports ✕ Opposes ✓ Supports — ✓ Supports ✕ Opposes