The Daily Blog Open Mic – Saturday 24th November 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Author: The Daily Blog
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National to blame for Kiwibank changes – E Tu
E tū sympathises with community concerns over the loss of Kiwibank branches – an issue with obvious implications for our…
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Midwives central to safe care – Council of Trade Unions
Council of Trade Unions President Richard Wagstaff said today that he was disappointed Midwifery Employee Representation & Advisory Service (MERAS)…
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New article on child poverty and disability welcomed by CPAG
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes Breaking the Link Between Disability and Child and Whanau Poverty a new article by…
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Restore a decade of lost tertiary funding – Tertiary Education Union
A new report launched today by the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) at Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) calls on Education…
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VUWSA stands by Fees Free education. Successful tertiary education policy shouldn’t be about ‘bums on seats’.
The Victoria University of Wellington Students’ Association (VUWSA) supports the Labour government’s Fees Free policy. Despite 2018 enrolment numbers falling…
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Report exposes Australian-owned banks responsible for financing climate change – 350 Aotearoa
Yesterday evening, climate justice organisation 350 Aotearoa released a report that exposes the relationship between banks in Aotearoa and the…
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More than 1150 DHB-employed midwives will begin strike action – MERAS
Employed midwives are striking for two hours, twice a day, over a two-week period through to 5 December. In all,…
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Nice buildings – now the hospital specialists working in them need government action – Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The union for senior doctors and dentists is welcoming the Government’s promise of more money to fix the country’s run-down…
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MUST READ: The Perils Of Inclusion
SHOULD WE BE SURPRISED that the rainbow community turned out to be so conservative? That the effort of the Pride Parade board to address the fear so easily triggered by police uniforms has provoked such a swift and devastating backlash? That so many people have forgotten what it feels like to be labelled, singled-out, trashed and excluded? That so many New Zealanders seem unaware that it is precisely those who dwell furthest away from the blessings of societal acceptance that have the strongest claim to our care and protection?