E lata lava i le 100,000 tagata faigaluega a le malo (public sector) i le atunuu ua faamauina le auai i se tetee.
O se solo aupito i to’atele lea pe a faatusatusa atu i le tele o tausaga.
Mai i lea numera tele, pe ā ma le 40,000–50,000 faia’oga, 36,000 o tausi soifua faamauina ma le 11,500 o le to’atele o tagata galulue i le auaunaga o le soifua mālōlōina e pei ona iai foma’i sinia, o foma’i nifo ma o loo galulue ma tagata lautele poo social workers.
O lenei tetee na tuufaatasia e iuni o le Public Service Association (PSA), New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO), New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa (NZEI), Post Primary Teachers’ Association / Te Wehengarua (PPTA), ma le Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS).
Tele a’oga o le atunuu o loo taofia mo lenei aso, o togafitiga ma ta’otoga ua tolopō talu ai lea fuafuaga tele.
E ui i lea faatinoga, ae ua upuia e le Palemia o Niu Sila lenei tetee, ua ia faapea ua na o se faatinoga faapolokiki ia gaioiga.
Ma ua tali le ta’ita’i o le Itu Agai ia Chris Hipkins i le lē amana’ia o le savali a nei tagata faigaluega ma ua lē taga’i lava i se taumafaiga mo se suiga fou.
