Simon Bridges questions NZ’s long summer break: ‘Are we still in holiday mode until March?’
The head of the Auckland Business Chamber says there are “solid reasons” for a shorter summer holiday period, but changing it would be hard.
Simon Bridges said people feel “entitled” to a long summer; however, he questioned whether the world has changed.
His comments came after a recent column in The Post suggested New Zealand’s summer break was too long.
In his column, Toss Grumley argued that the New Zealand summer break is too extreme.
ZB Hosts, the Prime Minister and even Auckland Chamber of Commerce Pope Simon Bridges have all weighed in this week bemoaning that all the worker drones aren’t working during the summer holidays.
Simon Bridges, cried out, “‘Are we still in holiday mode until March?’”
Which coming from a man with a beard as wild as a scotsman’s untrimmed pubic hair bikini line seems slightly amiss.
His beard has taken on a holiday mode that would make your average cast away look clean shaven.
Not content with working you to death, selling your assets and privatizing your public services, the Political Right now want to steal the Quintessential Kiwi Summer because ‘Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to wage slavery we go’ is such an inspiring anthem for a nation with a 5.3% unemployment rate.
Remember, you are not a human being, you live to work until your boss gives you permission to die, which I think is actually ACT Party policy.
The Right know the cost of everything and the value of nothing.
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How many weeks do supermarket and factory workers get compared to Bridges and parliamentarians?
Winter is bleak in NZ and summer can have tropical storms. Politicians should stay the fuck out of determining how long summer goes for, just as they do for other seasons in a year, morons.
Here is unequivocal evidence, if Luxon and Bridges think it’s a good idea then we definitely know it’s not.
” Not content with working you to death, selling your assets and privatizing your public services, the Political Right now want to steal the Quintessential Kiwi Summer because ‘Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to wage slavery we go’ is such an inspiring anthem for a nation with a 5.3% unemployment rate ”
I have heard whispers that if re elected this regime has a range of anti worker legislation ready to present including cutting holiday entitlements and sick pay with the excuse employers can’t afford to pay for it.
The employer contribution for kiwi saver may also be scaled back.
ACT want to go much further with anti union legislation making it impossible for the union to represent working people.
In ensuring we have a rigid right wing state there will be a number of other changes that are coming and they will have a mandate as the excuse for the harshness of their law changes.
Apparently the problem is overseas customers cant get hold of company owners with a beamer and a bach in Jan Feb.
Toss Grumley, one of the growing list of names that seem to have been invented by AI. And the thinking too. Give me a Jack and Joan Smith any day as a name, sounds long-term Kiwi and not necessarily Pakeha either. Simple-minded me gets an uncomfortable feeling from this cornucopia of commenters from where; belonging to what overseas tribe?
What a load of shit .Kiwis work all year and the country does not shut down like China does at their new year .I used to by machine parts from China and if you had a break down you were stuffed for two weeks .You could not even talk to any one or have a text answered so it was down tools then wait another month to get the parts here .
I used to take my annual leave at easter because it only used 8 days for 2 weeks leave and the weather was better .
As for Luxon wanking on about the USA HE CAN GET FUCKED .My niece lives in Florida and when her dad was dying she could not come home till he died because it would have used her shit amount of leave .When her mum died a few months later her work mates donated a day each so she could come home .If thats the NZ he wants he can fuck right off .
Watch this space ,they are working on something in this space hence they start the conversation now and next year they will rush something through under urgency to ballance the books again .They still owe nurses millions in holiday pay from the last 10 years .
Toss-er needs to ask the real question:
Why has wage and salary growth not kept pace with productivity gains?
If we’re working longer and in a more productive manner, why aren’t we seeing our share?
Come on Biz-Bro, hit me with your libertarian/ capitalist word salad.