to account. We’ve also campaigned around the fair pay agreements and the FPA with the Labour Government who made it a promise and wrote it in their manifesto to deliver on the FPAs. It is in motion but it is not there yet …These are the campaigns that our union are strongly advocating and pushing out. (Pacific private sector union leader) Some members noted that the ethnicity of the union officials did not reflect the ethnic diversity of its membership – particularly the middle and senior leadership of unions. One member commented that the pattern seen with Pacific peoples being concentrated in the frontline/lower positions of the union while the leadership positions were overwhelmingly made up of Pākehā was a mirror of their employer. One public sector PRB commented that they had contributed significantly to the requirement by the Public Service Commission that the public service measure Māori, Pacific and ethnic pay gaps. Discrimination for belonging to a union Several PRB members commented that they felt they were targeted by their employer for being a member of the union and that being a member of the union reduced their chances of receiving a promotion. The same PRB commented that Pacific peoples have a high rate of union membership when compared to other ethnicities. They felt this was a contributing factor to why Pacific peoples were less likely to be promoted than people from ethnic groups who were less likely to be union members. Voices of Pacific peoples 85