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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-358/
- Published: 2021-05-11T18:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-05-12T09:54:51.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Featured, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14

> \[…\] She insisted the freeze was not a freeze because workers on graduated pay agreements would still get a pay increase by virtue of moving up a step.  
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> \[…\] Facing revolt, the pressure on the Government yielded some minor concessions and one more important concession.  
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> The major one – and the only one that can be seen as coming close to a ‘backdown’ – was the assurance given to the Council of Trade Unions that there was scope to consider ‘cost of living’ increases in negotiations.  
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> NZ Herald

[Read the full article here.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/claire-trevett-pm-steps-in-the-melting-of-the-pay-freeze-begins/NRDG222SU6F4I6I7ZAGPQ43QTI/?ref=goodoil.news) Comment on it on *The BFD.*