NZEI welcomes Govt support for children with extra needs
NZEI Te Riu Roa welcomes the education policies outlined today in the agreements between Labour and New Zealand First and…
Year: 2017
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Public Health Association welcomes new govt
The Public Health Association of New Zealand (PHA) welcomes the new government’s commitment to health as a priority for increased…
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Great start from new government for low paid workers – Unite Union
The planned increases to the Minimum Wage to $20 are a major step forward for workers, equality and the economy…
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E tū welcomes lift in minimum wage but goal is Living Wage
The union E tū has welcomed today’s announcement of a lift in the minimum wage but says its goal remains…
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Labour-Green agreement brings Just Transition – CTU
“The Labour-Green confidence and supply agreement gives both to working people,” says CTU Secretary Sam Huggard. “It brings real confidence…
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Workers pleased with incoming government’s employment policy – First Union
FIRST Union, the union representing 27,000 working people across New Zealand, welcomed the incoming government’s employment relations policy this afternoon….
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New Vision for the Minimum Wage a Great Tonic – CTU
“This is just the sort of change working people voted for,” says CTU President Richard Wagstaff. “It is great to…
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A reminder to Labour about the TPPA
Next Monday officials from the eleven remaining TPPA parties will reconvene in Japan. They will continue working through a list of 50 items that different countries want to put on ice unless and until the US re-joins. Relatively few of those items have been settled.
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Will Winston Peters be Israel Lobby’s Trojan Horse?
The Israel Institute’s New Zealand co-director Paul Moon was quoted as follows: Whichever party is put into power, the almost inevitable alliance with New Zealand First presents an opportunity for New Zealand to recalibrate its relations with Israel. Effectively, the government could draw a line under its disastrous sponsorship of UN Resolution 2334, and look to strengthen its ties with Israel.
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Malcolm Evans – 9 years of National ‘prudence’
Malcolm Evans – 9 years of National ‘prudence’