Stop the war on the poor
The government needs to be told that there is a difference between measuring a problem and doing something seriously about it.
Mike Treen
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BREAKING: McDonald’s agrees to pay tens of thousands of workers millions in holiday pay says Unite Union
Unite Union has announced that agreement has been reached with fast food giant McDonald’s that will see tens of thousands of current and former staff receiving payment for miscalculated holiday pay.
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We need a Green New Deal for a Just Transition with democratic empowerment
The decision by the Green Party to seek a broad consensus on the so-called Zero-Carbon Act has meant that we have a toothless creation that cannot achieve its goal to radically reduce carbon emissions by 2050.
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Racist and elitist immigration policy changes from a “Labour” government
The government has implemented a series of racist and elitist changes to immigration policy that is going to create huge hardship and hurt in the migrant communities for anyone who is not already very wealthy.
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Another victory over wage theft – $38 million owed at NZ Post
NZ Post has made a provision for $38 million in its 2019 accounts for remediation of Holidays Act payments owing to employees.
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Temporary visa scam to continue migrant worker exploitation
The government has promised to continue allowing New Zealand bosses to employ a huge number of workers on temporary visas with no right to change employer and little chance of transitioning to permanent residency.
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System Change not Climate Change
Unite is supporting the international climate strikes in New Zealand by scheduling legal stop-work meetings on Friday, September 27 in the main centres.
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Why workers who are Pakeha benefit from positive action for Maori
Sometimes in my union job, I get asked why we are helping people from minority groups – like Maori or immigrants – when we should be looking after the majority.
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The coming economic crisis, “unorthodox” monetary policy, and Donald Trump
A new surge in the price of gold in US dollars would force the Federal Reserve to reverse course and start hiking interest rates and reversing easing once more. Trump would then have the choice of firing the Federal Reserve and forcing his changes, as he hinted at doing in late 2018, or having an election-year recession. This would provoke a political and economic crisis of historic proportions.
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Some reasons the Reserve Bank might be nervous
The signs of a new capitalist crisis of overproduction and its attendant financial crises and world recession are accelerating. US inventories are increasing significantly, German industrial production is declining, car industry layoffs are hitting all parts of the globe.