In 2015 Helen Kelly agreed to let documentary maker Tony Sutorius – the award winning director of Campaign – into her life to document her last year of activism. The result is Helen Kelly: Together – a stunning affirmation of both her dedication to justice, and her friendships with those she fought alongside.
Occasional Standard reader Matthew Hooton has written a cogent column on industrial relations in which he realises and accepts that wages for ordinary workers are too low.
Peter Dunne has some sage advice for National; phone a friend. If you can find one.
Teachers have indicated they will also be seeking a significant catch up in salaries and job conditions after a decade of neglect.
Labour’s Family Package and the Auckland Regional Fuel tax have both kicked in.
Deserving workers and undeserving workers in the public service.
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Barry Soper in the Herald has fallen for National’s fake news concerning something said by Jacinda Ardern that was taken totally out of context.
National has claimed that Jacinda Ardern ruled out national strikes during the last year’s election campaign. And has trimmed a video and taken comments out of context to justify its claim.
Twitter in the right hands can be a very dangerous thing. As shown by Jessica Williams when she questioned the intellectual grunt of the taxpayers union in this series of tweets.
The Government has announced that all employees in the core public service will be paid a living wage from September 1, 2018.
Darien Fenton writes about Business New Zealand’s early approach to the Fair Pay panel.
Remember when you could pay a mortgage, keep the kitchen cupboard full, take the kids to the movies now and then, by working as a bus driver, a freezing worker, a journalist, or any number of other solid middle-Kiwi jobs? When a decent working life was a given…
National thinks that getting back to full employment, having wages and conditions sufficient to allow a working family to live in decency on one full time wage, and home ownership rates of about 70% are a bad thing.
National MP Parmjeet Parmar has been accused of threatening to tell the employers of submitters to a Select Committee what they had said in evidence if they did not withdraw their statements.
For the first time possibly ever a National leader has supported the right of the rank and file to engage in industrial action to improve their living conditions.
Some proposals on why we just got the budget we did.
Simon Bridges has committed the twin political sins of not only believing in trickle down but in publicly confirming his belief.
This is as good a year as it is going to get to squeeze your employer for a fair wage.
‘nother guest post by Nick Kelly (Upper Hutt boy in London)
Some movement on social security (a thing we all deserve)
Time for the government to pull its head in.
A personal perspective on the repercussions of the government’s current approach to Social Work and Social Workers.
Mike Hosking reckons that an increase in the minimum wage will increase housing unaffordability and cause job losses and business closures.
RMTU members are working to rule to oppose Auckland Transport and Transdev’s attempts to weaken security arrangements on Auckland’s trains.
Had anyone with a job (other than the top 2 tiers of management) had a wage increase higher than inflation recently?
Because words matter.
Over in America Republican intellectual genius Paul Ryan tweeted how a School teacher who will receive $1.50 extra per week because of Republican tax cuts was grateful for the increase. But it did not go down well …
The government has a responsibility to act fairly, centre its services around the needs of people, and treat NZ citizens as human beings.
Council of Trade Unions President Richard Wagstaff writes in the NZ Herald about why paying people peanuts is bad for everyone. Highly recommended reading.
Who are the bigger criminals?
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“The government today announced some employment relations reforms, including the restoration of meal breaks and the right to collective bargaining. But they also plan to retain 90 day trial periods for small businesses“
The Government has announced changes to the Employment Relations law which on the whole are positive and beneficial for workers. But following New Zealand First lobbying the 90 day fire at will provision will be retained for small firms.
The positive aspects of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership.
History not forgotten.
Ten reasons why Donald Trump is anti worker and bad for America’s working class.
The sixth Labour led Government has made a good start to its term. But what policy results will New Zealand have to vote for and campaign on in 2020?
