Written By: - Date published: 3:00 pm, June 13th, 2015 - 123 comments
A few stories of recent weeks which show exactly what kind of government we have.
Written By: - Date published: 7:11 am, June 12th, 2015 - 87 comments
Bravo to those “big business” leaders who have come out in support of strong universal health and safety legislation. Shame on the Collins faction in Cabinet who are fighting to water it down.
Written By: - Date published: 2:04 pm, June 9th, 2015 - 13 comments
Helen Kelly: “Sign our petition and tell John Key that you support better health and safety in workplaces!”
Written By: - Date published: 7:08 am, June 9th, 2015 - 69 comments
IN a breaking news update, the New Zealand Prime Minister has a revelation on Health and Safety
Written By: - Date published: 12:43 pm, June 8th, 2015 - 72 comments
An anonymous editorial in The Herald this morning really is atrocious. Apparently the limited uptake one of the Nats’ pet education policies is all the fault of the unions.
Written By: - Date published: 12:02 pm, June 7th, 2015 - 15 comments
Written By: - Date published: 9:22 am, June 5th, 2015 - 22 comments
Tova O’Brien has written an excellent piece on squabbles within National over health and safety legislation, calling it a disgrace and a power-play by the Collins faction.
Written By: - Date published: 3:00 pm, May 27th, 2015 - 18 comments
Helen Kelly and the CTU have done a great job raising the issues of workplace health and safety. Have they even got the attention of some Nats? Apparently there are delays to proposed changes as some in caucus resist.
Written By: - Date published: 12:44 pm, May 20th, 2015 - 8 comments
Only a quarter of the world’s workers have permanent jobs. A worldwide trend away from secure jobs risked “perpetuating a vicious circle of weak global demand and slow job creation” that has dogged many countries since the 2008 crisis, the ILO reports. Decoupling of wages from productivity has led to a loss of aggregate demand the report estimates at $3.7trillion.
Written By: - Date published: 6:08 am, May 17th, 2015 - 64 comments
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.
Written By: - Date published: 10:49 am, May 13th, 2015 - 9 comments
Half the workplace deaths in NZ last year were in agriculture. Already this year the toll has been massive.
Written By: - Date published: 9:30 am, May 4th, 2015 - 85 comments
On Radio NZ this morning John Key gave an interview that was cringe-worthy, defensive and accidently hilarious. The man is a joke … and not even an original one.
Written By: - Date published: 11:19 am, May 1st, 2015 - 11 comments
“When we began covering zero hours, BK, Pizza Hut, KFC, Starbucks, Carls Jr, Hell & McDonald’s all had them. Now none do. Great!”
Written By: - Date published: 11:15 am, April 29th, 2015 - 8 comments
Don’t be mean to John!
Written By: - Date published: 6:34 am, April 27th, 2015 - 32 comments
I’m planning to enjoy a day off today – the first “mondayised” public holiday – thanks to the work of David Clark, Grant Robertston, and others in Labour and the parties that supported the Bill. National and ACT voted against this holiday.
Written By: - Date published: 1:56 pm, April 26th, 2015 - 44 comments
“I’m a friendly guy that likes to interact with the public. I do like to have a bit of a laugh and I’m probably the most casual Prime Minister New Zealand has had.”
John Key’s week has turned from drama to farce. David Brent looks good next to this clown.
Written By: - Date published: 1:15 pm, April 23rd, 2015 - 334 comments
Late night developments, the “hair pull” waitress states that a Herald interview (to be published today) was obtained under false pretences, and she withdrew her consent for it.
Multiple updates on the changing story.
Written By: - Date published: 7:30 am, April 23rd, 2015 - 28 comments
The text of an open letter from the National Council of Women to John Key about his treatment of waitresses.
Written By: - Date published: 6:49 am, April 23rd, 2015 - 72 comments
John Key has finally achieved the world fame he has clearly always wanted, but not in a good way. Here’s a roundup of the international coverage of his harassment.
Written By: - Date published: 12:30 pm, April 22nd, 2015 - 183 comments
Some of the reaction from Twitter.
Written By: - Date published: 9:49 am, April 22nd, 2015 - 407 comments
A really strange story has appeared on The Daily Blog. It claims to be a first person account of PM John Key regularly physically harrassing a staff member in his local cafe over the summer. While it may be much ado about nothing, the Prime Minister really should tell NZ his side of the story. Or resign if it’s true.
Update: It’s true. Key’s office has confirmed the harassment.
Written By: - Date published: 9:38 am, April 17th, 2015 - 48 comments
“Unite Union’s office robbed, trashed”. WTF?
Written By: - Date published: 12:00 pm, April 14th, 2015 - 88 comments
When the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety doesn’t know the first thing about his portfolio, there’s only one option left: he’s lying.
Written By: - Date published: 4:56 pm, April 10th, 2015 - 11 comments
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.
Written By: - Date published: 8:36 am, April 9th, 2015 - 15 comments
Unite has achieved a significant victory by persuading Restaurant Brands to do away with zero hour contracts and to guarantee minimum working hours for staff.
Written By: - Date published: 3:00 pm, April 1st, 2015 - 29 comments
FIRST Union has announced the ratification of the first ever collective agreement for workers at Cotton On.
Written By: - Date published: 3:30 pm, March 26th, 2015 - 22 comments
Michael Woodhouse is talking tough on bad employers … but what does it really mean, coming from this government?
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, March 25th, 2015 - 14 comments
Cotton On’s act of provocation is matched in its cynicism only by the company’s contempt for the negotiation process. While attempting to feign an understanding of how the new law actually works, Cotton On simultaneously may also have breached the newly amended sections 4 and 32 of the ERA
Written By: - Date published: 1:00 pm, March 24th, 2015 - 67 comments
In times of trouble for the National Party, you can always rely on them to raise the rallying cry of “Personal responsibility!!!”
Written By: - Date published: 8:30 am, March 24th, 2015 - 67 comments
Cotton On has become the first employer in the news for trying to take away its workers’ rest breaks.
Written By: - Date published: 9:30 am, March 22nd, 2015 - 173 comments
The Liberal National Party Coalition in Australia want to overturn a requirement for corporations with a turnover of $100 million to disclose tax information on the grounds that kidnapping will occur even though the rich’s ostentatiousness is plain to see without the information being published. And in America it has been estimated that Wall Street’s bonus pool is twice the amount paid to full time American employees living on the minimum wage.
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