Welfare activists to grill Bill English this Mother’s Day – Auckland Action Against Poverty
Welfare activists to grill Bill English this Mother’s Day Welfare activists will protest outside the National Party Northern Regional Convention…
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Scrap the Draft Employment (Pay Equity & Equal Pay) Exposure Bill – Coalition for Equal Value Equal Pay – CEVEP
The government’s draft pay equity bill should be scrapped, says the Coalition for Equal Value Equal Pay. The government says…
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Government Has an Opportunity to Get Equal Pay Right – Pay Equity Coalition
Given the lack of support for equal pay from the Government that voted against pay transparency, they have at least…
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Withdraw the Draft Employment (Pay Equity & Equal Pay) Bill – Women’s Studies Association (NZ)/Pae Akoranga Wāhine
The Women’s Studies Association (NZ)/Pae Akoranga Wāhine calls for the draft Employment (Pay Equity & Equal Pay) Bill to be…
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Dave Macpherson’s open letter to Health Minister Jonathan Coleman
Dear Minister – you will be aware of the recent death of a young Palmerston North woman who was given leave from that Hospital’s Mental Health Unit to ‘go outside for a smoke’, due to the policy of all DHB’s to ban smoking on their precincts, no matter what the circumstances.
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Meetings Saturday to discuss migrant worker changes
Two meetings are planned on Saturday to discuss concerns around the changes proposed by the government for migrant workers in New Zealand.
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Why I don’t blame poverty for causing crime
I disagree with many people on the left who blame crime on poverty. I believe it is a product of the breakdown in human solidarity. Sometimes that is associated with periods of social crisis, unemployment and poverty – but not always. And it is not a simple matter of cause and effect.
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Statement re: P Nth Hospital secure smoking areas – management asked in 2015 to keep them open
The family of Nicky Stevens believe deceased Palmerston North Hospital mental health unit patient Chelsea Brunton would almost certainly be…
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TDB Top 5 International Stories: Friday 12th May 2017
5: The Dakota Access Pipeline Is Already Leaking
4: Trump contradicts earlier claims on Comey sacking
3: Historian of Fascism: Why Trump Firing FBI Director Comey Amid Russia Probe is So Worrisome
2: NYU ACCIDENTALLY EXPOSED MILITARY CODE-BREAKING COMPUTER PROJECT TO ENTIRE INTERNET
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Friday 12th May 2017
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