Author: Mike Treen

There is an inevitable “correction” coming with the inflationary storm being unleashed by late capitalism. This will lead to higher…

2021 has been an extraordinary year. Capitalism has demonstrated it is incapable of protecting people’s lives or living standards. Quite…

Right-wingers oppose state-provided social programs like education, health, and welfare services on the grounds that they create powerful and wasteful new bureaucracies. But it’s means-tested benefits, not universal programs, that empower bureaucrats to act like petty tyrants.

A few weeks ago the Reserve Bank governor made the extraordinary claim that house prices were unsustainable but that the Reserve Bank had played only “a bit part” in the problem

Helping Immigration New Zealand prosecute a case against an alleged Immigration fraudster has cost them this right. That does not seem fair.

I want to celebrate the important role Unite Union has played in uncovering the widespread wage theft associated with non-compliance with the Holidays Act by nearly all employers. This involves the repayment of $2-$3 billion to working families. Many big employers are still working out what they owe. McDonald’s will have payments for 50-60,000 employees over a decade to repay.

Dear Kris, I am writing on behalf of a group of 19 exploited migrant workers who were given a special visa to…

Unite Union was set to sit down with SkyCity several weeks ago to start bargaining for a new Collective Agreement.

The company seemed to be deliberately delaying the start of negotiations and then the lockdown has intervened to delay things further.

THE WAR AGAINST AFGHANISTAN – Labour Party Conference December 1, 2001

Dear Mr Campbell, In a recent media interview you said: “We should continue to focus on working conditions and pay…