The dust settles on the Hobbit fiasco

Eventually the dust was going to settle on the Hobbit fiasco and the truth was going to come out.

Fortunately the media has done a bloody good job of making sure that happened.

So what have they been saying?

Unions call for secret ballots for lockouts

If National is going to legislate democratic procedures for unions taking industrial action, aren’t they bound by consistency to do the same for employers?

Requiring a secret ballot of shareholders before lockouts are allowed would be a good start.

CTU calls for fairer tax cuts

The Council of Trade Unions is calling on National to re-jig its tax package to give it more balance. And fair enough too […]