Stuff’s Lloyd Burr infers striking workers are puppets
Burr unironically asks: “Politics or pay – what’s really behind the mega strike?” without understanding all action is political, and that unions are made up of individual workers who vote
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Judith Collins’ Open Letter Is Dirty Politics
The senior National Party Cabinet Minister has penned an “Open letter to the people of New Zealand” on the New Zealand Government’s official website
No mandate for this
Partial strike law penalties used on nurses trying to keep themselves safe is emblematic of the wider libertarian playbook within the NZ government
The Budget Day Protests
Protests by Māori and Tangata Tiriti against government policy are underway on the day of the National government’s first budget. Carkoi and Hikoi are taking place in many locations across the country.
The Greens backing teachers’ demands
The Government needs to come to the table and ensure teacher pay keeps pace with the rising cost of putting food on the table, paying the rent, and keeping the house warm.
But, it’s important to remember that this is not just about pay. There are serious issues around funding and understaffing, ratios and sick leave.
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DHBs telling porkies about junior doctors’ strike
Junior doctors are speaking out against the misinformation being spread by DHBs.
More people taking strike action over low wages and insecure work
Members of FIRST Union are striking over terrible pay and conditions at Brand Developers TV Shop.
Solidarity with junior doctors
Junior doctors taking strike action are being bullied and threatened that they’ll harm their careers.
National’s strike-breaking fail
The Police want no part of the Nats’ plan to use them as airport security. Perhaps instead of bungled attempts at strike-breaking the Nats should consider – dealing fairly with aviation security staff concerns?
Bunnings strike
Bunnings staff are striking today after rejecting unfair contracts.
Stand with the AFFCO/Talley’s workers!
Next Monday 1,000 workers at Talley’s owned AFFCO will take strike action.
ANZ staff striking
All the best to the ANZ staff who are on strike today.
Nats’ war on education: cutting wages
For some reason, the Nats hate public education. Even an elitist fool should be able to see that a well-educated workforce is valuable and public education is the cheapest way to achieve it. Yet National is attacking education at every level. The latest ‘offer’ to the secondary teachers would see them take 2 years of after-inflation pay cuts.
Teachers strike tomorrow
Here are the reasons for tomorrows strike from a member of the PPTA (Post Primary Teachers Association) in a guest post. The Ministry of Education has rejected them all.
You’d have to expect the spinners for the government to carefully ignore these issues in favour of their usual simplistic meaningless dogwhistling messages. That is the level they’d prefer that kids are educated to.
Trouble at the Gateway Hotel
One of the worrying trends in industrial relations in recent times has been employers’ rediscovery of the lockout as a tool to break […]