NZEI welcomes removal of hurdles to pay justice for women – NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa has welcomed joint recommendations from business, unions and government officials to scrap the hurdles to pay…
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CTU pleased with swift progress on pay equity principles
Richard Wagstaff, CTU President said today he was pleased to be able to formally announce the swift progress made in…
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Foreign Minister questions China’s influence in the Pacific – Pacific Media Watch
New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters has again hinted the Ardern government may exit China’s One Belt One Road initiative…
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Prisoner Advocates To Mourn Rising Prison Suicide – People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Prisoner advocacy organisation People Against Prisons Aotearoa will be holding candlelight vigils on Thursday 8th March in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch…
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Out of the Goodness of the Employers’ Big, Generous Hearts
To anyone not already sold on neoliberalism, the answers to those questions are blindingly obvious. Gouwland’s indignation is, however, a useful pointer to just how much reliance employers now place on the agencies of the state to defend the “reforms” of the 1980s and 90s from any attempt to roll them back.
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GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – Can Anyone Rely on Corrections Inspectorate Reports?
I have now had time to read the Inspectorate report about Auckland Prison in detail, dated June 2017.
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GUEST BLOG: Oliver Hailes – Never again! Sign our TPPA petition to change the process
The concerned Kiwis who marched in the streets of Auckland against the last TPPA signing ceremony have been caught off guard by the Government’s sudden U-turn. But this week, as Trade Minister David Parker heads to Chile to sign his name, we’ll be handing over a parliamentary petition with thousands of signatures calling for a democratic overhaul of how we negotiate trade, investment and economic integration agreements.
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Political Caption Competition
When Simon Bridges says he has a strong environmental record he means for the oil and mining companies
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday 6th March 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Dave Macpherson – At Last – we hear from Mental Health Commissioner on Suicides….
Not to be put off by the years-long public debate about this country leading youth suicide statistics from the wrong end, Commissioner Kevin Allan has bravely gone where no-one employed by the previous Government had hitherto dared to tread – he has actually (wait for it…) recommended a 10% reduction in suicides target! That’s correct – not zero, not halving it, not even the mild 20% reduction that the current Health Minister suggested while in opposition – but a nice, fat, round 10%.