#hereforHelen
Details of a social media campaign to celebrate Helen Kelly’s contribution to the Trade Union movement.
notices and features
Open mike 16/10/2015
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Caption competition
Daily Review 15/10/2015
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Open mike 15/10/2015
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Daily Review 14/10/2015
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Helen Kelly’s speech to the CTU Conference
Speech notes from Helen Kelly’s address to the CTU Conference given today where she talks about the importance of the union movement and some of the achievements she has been involved in over the past few years.
NRT: Dictatorship in Canterbury, dictatorship in Parliament
I/S at No Right Turn writes on the continued suspension of democracy in Canterbury.
Open mike 14/10/2015
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Daily Review 13/10/2015
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Open mike 13/10/2015
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Daily Review 12/10/2015
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Medicinal cannabis
Helen Kelly calls for the government “to get real about medicinal cannabis”. Seriously – what are we waiting for?
If journalists reported the real news
Journalist Jonathan Pie presents the real news.
Oram on the TPP
Rod Oram’s Sunday Star-Times column, as made available on Facebook, is a level-headed evaluation of the TPP. He lists five points of concern…
Open mike 12/10/2015
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The news is broken – pledge for Scoop
Scoop has a Pledge Me page: Establishing The Scoop Foundation for Public Interest Journalism. We need Scoop. Please give them a hand…
Open mike 11/10/2015
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Auckland march of solidarity for refugees
A march of solidarity for refugees is planned for today at Auckland.
Open mike 10/10/2015
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Daily Review 09/10/2015
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Nats endorse Goff for mayor?
The NBR reckons the Nats are tacitly endorsing Phil Goff for mayor of Auckland.
Open mike 09/10/2015
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Daily Review 08/10/2015
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Caption Contest
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Go well Helen Kelly
Helen is standing down from her role as President of the CTU due to health reasons, but will remain active supporting union causes.
Clinton opposes TPP
Associated Press: BREAKING: Hillary Clinton says she opposes Pacific Rim trade deal, breaking with Obama.
NRT: An empty strategy
I/S at No Right Turn on the government’s National Statement of Science Investment . (Meant to repost this earlier in the week!)
Gould on the TPP
Bryan Gould on the TPP: “…it is about managed, not free, trade – and trade that is managed in the interests of large, international, and mainly US corporations.”
Open mike 08/10/2015
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Daily Review 07/10/2015
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Greetings E Tū Union
E Tū Union, the amalgamation of the EPMU and the Service and Foodworkers Union has formally launched.
Labour to defy TPP on property ownership?
If this report is accurate it opens an interesting can of worms!
Open mike 07/10/2015
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Daily Review 06/10/2015
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Launch of New Zealand’s largest private sector trade union
Details of the announcement tomorrow of the formation of the largest private sector union in the country.