{ Minor Parties and Employment Relations Policy Change: The New Zealand Experience Julienne Molineaux and Peter Skilling AUT University.

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{ Minor Parties and Employment Relations Policy Change: The New Zealand Experience Julienne Molineaux and Peter Skilling AUT University

Why Study Minor Parties?

Source: Brenton (2013)

Three Key Variables The Nature of the Electoral System: what avenues exist for minor parties to gain votes and achieve office? The Bargaining Power of Minor Parties: how reliant will the major party be on the minor party to advance its agenda? The Policy Priorities of Minor Parties: how important is it to the third party to influence ER policy? How central is ER policy to the party’s branding and voters and activists?

2008 election2011 election Votes needed to pass legislation 61 National5859 Act51 Māori5 (4)*3 United Future11 “Surplus Majority” Governing Arrangements since 2008

ER policy closest to: Number of MPs ERA Bill (No. 2) Holidays Amendment Bill ERA (Film Production Work) Bill Minimum Wage Youth Minimum Wage ACT Party National5Support Opposed to increases to minimum wage and sceptical of the very concept Support Green Party Labour9Oppose Increase “to 66% of the average wage, with an immediate increase to $15 an hour” Oppose Maori Party Labour4Oppose Support (3 votes only) Increase to $15/hourOppose Mana Party Labour1Oppose Increase to $15/hour, and to 2/3 of the average wage by April 2013 Oppose NZ FirstLabour----Increase to $15/hourUnclear United Future National1Support Unclear Table One: Summary of ER Positions of the Minor Parties, Source: Skilling & Molineaux (2011)

2008 election2011 election Votes needed to pass legislation 61 National5859 Act51 Māori5 (4)*3 United Future11 National and the Maori Party:

ER policy closest to: Number of MPs ERA Bill (No. 2) Holidays Amendment Bill ERA (Film Production Work) Bill Minimum Wage Youth Minimum Wage ACT Party National5Support Opposed to increases to minimum wage and sceptical of the very concept Support Green Party Labour9Oppose Increase “to 66% of the average wage, with an immediate increase to $15 an hour” Oppose Maori Party Labour4Oppose Support (3 votes only) Increase to $15/hourOppose Mana Party Labour1Oppose Increase to $15/hour, and to 2/3 of the average wage by April 2013 Oppose NZ FirstLabour----Increase to $15/hourUnclear United Future National1Support Unclear Labour and the Green Party: 2014 (??!)