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The Act candidate suspended by his union bosses says he will accuse them of being hypocrites at a meeting tonight.
Shawn Tan said the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union called the meeting "to give an indication of where they want to head" after mediation on Friday failed to resolve issues.
Mr Tan was suspended by the Labour-affiliated union on August 25, when it was revealed that he would be standing as a candidate for Act, which the union says has a different philosophical persuasion.
The EPMU said Mr Tan had not sought permission to stand and accused him of using a work computer to send Act emails during work time.
Mr Tan said he would bring in the latest Labour Party Wellington Central e-newsletter, which lists union national education officer Ross Teppett's email address, to prove that other union workers do the same for Labour, which the union "turns a blind eye to".
"It's hypocritical, isn't it? This clearly shows that even senior officials of the EPMU use their work computers during work time to do non-EPMU work to send Labour Party emails."
Mr Tan said he would also ask why the union did not have an issue with lawyer Jills Angus Burney, also an employee, standing for the Labour Party on the list and as a candidate for Rangitikei.
"These clearly refute Andrew Little's comments on politics not playing a part in the decision to suspend me."
He said the mediation last Friday was more "like an interrogation" where he had been also accused of having a "secondary employment" because he was the legal adviser to the Anti-Asian Crime Group, which last month led a 10,000-strong demonstration against what it said was New Zealand's soft approach to crime.
EPMU national secretary Andrew Little denied any hypocrisy on the part of the union.
"I cannot say the allegations that Shawn has made, as he has characterised it, are correct. The union, like any responsible employer, is required to carry out a thorough investigation ... he may have gone to the media, but we are not obliged, and we will not comment on the content of that investigation to the media."
