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I remember many years ago reading a contract I was signing, that was written by a union. I remember reading the section on leave entitlements, that spelt out in full detail what was only the minimum legal requirements at the time. I remember thinking how weird it was to have it in the contract when it was already the law.
Since then, National removed the requirement for employers to provide and specific amount of breaks (I think Labour brought this back) and now they are rolling back progress in the number of days of leave you're entitled to. I understand very well now that the union wasn't dumb they were experienced.