NZNO: Industrial Action Activities across New Zealand
Facilitation with the Employment Relations Authority finished this morning. NZNO will continue talks and negotiations with the District Health Boards…
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Plan to Fix Rentals addresses needs of disabled people – Disabled Persons Assembly
The Plan to Fix Rentals launched by Renters United today is a common sense response to the current broken rental…
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The Costa Rican Solution
GOLRIZ GHARAMAN, the Greens’ defence spokesperson has castigated her coalition partners for purchasing four Boeing P-8 maritime surveillance aircraft to replace the Air Force’s ageing fleet of Orions. Her stance is more-or-less in keeping with the Green Party’s pacifist leanings, but Gharaman’s objections to the aircraft’s war-fighting capabilities raises the more interesting question of why the party needs a defence spokesperson at all?
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Political Caption Competition
The Freedom of Speech coalition were an odd mix
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Thursday 12th July 2018
5: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just won a primary she didn’t even enter
4: NATO summit: Trump says Germany is ‘captive’ to Russia
3: A JUDICIAL COUP, THE CARCERAL STATE, AND THE WAR AGAINST US ALL
2: Mark Weisbrot: Trump’s Threats to Invade Venezuela Are Part of U.S. Strategy of Regime Change
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Thursday 12th July 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Political Caption Competition
NZ Business open each day meditating to feel less confident because a left wingish woman is Prime Minister.
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Union leader Mike Treen to join ship trying to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza
Veteran human rights campaigner and union leader, Mike Treen, is about to join the 2018 international Freedom Flotilla determined to challenge Israel’s 11-year inhumane naval blockade of Gaza later this month.
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Dr Liz Gordon: Babies
For most women, having babies causes huge struggles – to cope financially with only paid parental leave for a period, to have partners often having to work longer hours to make ends meet, to face losing seniority when returning to the workforce, or losing out on promotions etc. There is still a tension between babies and workplaces in New Zealand. These do not abate as the babies grow older – they get worse.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Wednesday 11th July 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.