Invercargill City Council is cutting its staff's wages, and the Public Service Association says that would just punish its lowest paid employees.
From this week, the council's executive leadership team plans to give a 50 percent pay cut to council staff who are off work.
To explain what's happening, RNZ reporter Katie Todd speaks to Māni Dunlop.
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