Lyndy McIntyre: The living wage movement

From Saturday Morning, 10:45 am on 29 June 2024
'Power to Win' by Lyndy McIntyre.

Photo: Otago University Press

Lyndy McIntyre has been active in the New Zealand trade union movement for more than 40 years. She was a key member of the Living Wage Movement Aotearoa NZ from its inception in 2011 until 2020, when she left her role as a community organiser and began to write a book documenting the story of the movement. 

Power to Win is out now and tells the story of the Living Wage Movement through the voices of workers, activists, leaders and allies.

Celebrating Kapiti District Council becoming the first District Council to achieve living wage employer accreditation. Left to right Jacqui Aliva, Lyndy McIntyre, Jim Babbington, and Fale Aliva.

Celebrating Kapiti District Council becoming the first District Council to achieve living wage employer accreditation. Left to right Jacqui Aliva, Lyndy McIntyre, Jim Babbington, and Fale Aliva. Photo: Sophie Handford