The Daily Blog Open Mic – Friday 14th September 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Year: 2018
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Just another reason for NZ to end the Dairy Industry
Economically it makes no sense to continue investing in big Dairy when synthetic milk and meat are on the horizon.
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Surprise, surprise – more evidence that punitive tactics against beneficiaries doesn’t work
Like prisoners, beneficiaries are treated with a gleeful contempt that speaks volumes about the black anger at the heart of white New Zealand.
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Union outlines how to ease the struggles of labour-hire workers – First Union
FIRST Union, the union representing over 2,500 labour-hire workers, has made its submission on behalf of workers to the Employment…
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MSD report highlights failure of jobseeker sanctions – AAAP
A Ministry of Social Development report released yesterday shows that almost half of people going off the benefit returned…
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FIRST Union’s Dennis Maga responds to misinformation around the ERA and MECAs – invites Winston Peters and Shane Jones to lunch
FIRST Union General Secretary Dennis Maga says the proposed changes of the Employment Relations Amendment Bill reverse much of what…
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City Vision Entrust Team Leader asks Entrust Chair to explain Australian interes
It is time for Entrust Chair William Cairns to explain why The Australian newspaper believes that a sell down of…
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Amnesty International Report Declares Gun Violence in the United States to be a Human Rights Crisis
The U.S. government has allowed gun violence to become a human rights crisis, according to “In the Line of Fire:…
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Jihad Vs McLanguage in Maori language week
Over the past year or two, I’ve endeavoured to popularize the concept of “Jihad Vs McWorld”. If you want a really tangible demonstration of “McWorld” in action, look no further than the McDonalds workplace policy brought to light by Newshub this evening – wherein Maori staff responding to Maori customers attempting to place an order in Te Reo Maori, was firmly clamped down upon by McDonalds’ management, on grounds that “English is our McLanguage” .
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Protest today at Council Meeting – a travesty of democracy is in the making
Members of the Christchurch Progressive Network will attend todays Christchurch City Council Meeting from 8.30am to protest the proposal to spend an extra $220 million on a rugby stadium ahead of rebuilding council rental housing destroyed in the earthquakes.