Video / Mark MitchellBy Ella Stewart for RNZA hospitality worker says there is no skilled labour shortage, it's just that the hospitality industry isn't paying workers enough. Chloe Ann-King, who has worked in hospitality for 16 years and runs hospitality union Raise the Bar, disputes there aren't enough New Zealanders to fill the record number of vacancies. She said the problem is not a labour shortage but a wage shortage. If employers want to see us coming back into the industry, they're going to have to offer higher wages. Ann-King said hospitality workers should know their worth.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 07, 2021 20:48 UTC