If you still wonder WHY anyone would want to join a union, the fact that union members are 2.1 x more likely to get a pay rise might make you wade through the anti-union propaganda. Some unions escape scorn, like the Police Union which is referred to as an Association. It’s probably an oversight though, not anything deliberate…
The ANZ survey shows business confidence at the lowest levels since the financial crisis. Yesterday John Key insisted that it was “reasonably positive”. He was either completely wrong or lying through his teeth. Either way it’s unacceptable.
… up to 45% of current jobs will cease to exist.
Time worn patterns and predictable decisions.
After winning guaranteed hours for Restaurant Brands workers, UNITE has held KFC in Kaikohe to their contract.
Under Unitec’s new vision students will be known as Customers. Student services will be outsourced (overseas)
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Next Monday 1,000 workers at Talley’s owned AFFCO will take strike action.
A relevant and real “Future of Work Commission” needs to be centred on building creativity, increasing collectivity, dealing with climate change and achieving fossil fuel transition.
The Social Housing Reform (Transaction Mandate) Bill allows designated Ministers to sell off state houses. Currently Housing New Zealand has no such power. Interestingly however this Government could introduce a Bill with criteria to enable sales to be signed off by the CE of Housing New Zealand but instead they are seeking that power for themselves. But within it there is a fishhook for iwi. UPDATE: comment from Turei and response from Bennett
Replacing electric trains with diesel is the kind of short-term stupid decision making that is unfortunately typical of the way NZ is currently run.
Beyond discrimination against women, there’s a broader set of assumptions we make about work and workers, and it’s hurting us – workers, society, and business.
It’s 2015, and we’re constantly told that sexism is over, feminism has had its day – so why can’t this woman find a job?
Whenever unionists talk about the bad employers who put profit over people’s lives, the right wave it away as fear-mongering. Well, here it is straight from the horse’s mouth.
Hey Spark – this is a terrible, terrible decision…
Back in March 1988 David Lange had a clear idea about what lay ahead for New Zealanders as the long-term consequences of Roger Douglas’ psychopathic worshipping of the metaphysical Invisible Hand gradually materialised.
113 more jobs to go at Solid Energy’s Stockton Mine. Bill English killed Solid Energy, these job losses are his.
If National were serious about their “social housing” spin they would place restrictions on the use and resale of these houses. Without such protections its just another privatisation of public assets.
Following its success in persuading Restaurant Brands to do away with zero hour contracts Unite Union has set up a webpage where people can email these organisations.
We need an alternative to fattening the coffers of Australian banks.
More economic genius from the Nats.
FIRST Union has announced the ratification of the first ever collective agreement for workers at Cotton On.
Another chapter of the secret draft TPP agreement has been leaked.
In the NZ herald today, Terence O’Brien has been questioned about the recent revelations of spying to get Minister’s jobs after politics. Despite […]
For someone responsible for managing employment relations in New Zealand, Michael Woodhouse doesn’t seem to understand what “employment relations” means.
Danyl at the Dim-Post has looked more closely at the decision to award a worker $168k over a cake and a Facebook post – and what it tells us about National’s employment law reforms.
The attack on banking services for Mega is a high profile example of the politicisation of banking. We’re on a very slippery slope here…
New Zealand banks (which are really Australian banks) are REALLY worried for us (oh, and for themselves).
Celebrate International Right to Strike Day on 18 February by sending a message to Kiwi employers: stop undermining our right to strike!
Steven Joyce has announced (because Key likes to stay clear of bad news) that SkyCity will not be seeking public funding for its convention center. So looks like it will be Key’s “eyesore”.
I/S at No Right Turn adds some detail to Matthew Hooton’s extraordinary piece at the NBR.
Zero-hour contracts are the perfect illustration of when “flexibility” in employment relations goes all one way.
Another big tax evasion scandal with links to NZ. Don’t expect the government to spend any time looking in to this.
The social democracy of my youth has radically collapsed into our current culture of individualism, privatisation and personal greed.
I/S – “the Financial Markets Authority knew about almost 4,000 crimes and never bothered to prosecute any of them”…
The self righteousness of the leaders who marched in Paris was there for all to see, but few in the media decry and […]
Far from fading away into the Christmas haze, SkyCity looks likely to be one of the defining political issues for 2015.
