McDonald’s agreement confirms why we need unions
McDonald’s workers will be voting on new Collective Agreement between the multinantional giant and Unite Union this week.
Mike Treen
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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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“Extend the Amnesty” – A strategy for Immigration reform
Unionists and other progressive minded people need to put a stake in the ground in opposition to the latest immigration proposals from the government.
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Meeting to discuss plight of people on work and student visas
Come to a meeting at the Unitarian Church, 6pm, Monday, May 1, 1a Ponsonby Rd, Grey Lynn, Auckland City.
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PREDICTION: Crash in migrant numbers coming – let people stay
Every political party is lying about migration.
They do this by fudging the numbers.
Most importantly the fail to distinguish between those being admitted as permanent residents, those who come as students or temporary workers and those who come and go on a permanent or long-term basis.
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Anzac Day: Remembering the futility of wars for empire!
Anzac Day is important to remember because of the utter futility of being part of an imperialist military alliance. New Zealand casualties in that war, killed or wounded, were 58%. That is equal to one-quarter of the adult male population. Our death rate of those who served at 16.6% was higher than that suffered by Germany!
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MUST READ: Migrant labour sytem is broken and needs radical change not tinkering
The recent government changes to how approvals are managed for permanent residents will do nothing to alter the system of exploitation of tens of thousands of workers here on temporary work visas.
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Fast food companies seem to want a fight – I say bring it on
Fast food companies are trying to wriggle out of legal and contractual obligations around basic rights of workers to guaranteed hours and annual leave.
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Labour and Green’s promise to uphold neoliberal dogmas – why?
The strange part of Labour and the Greens signing up to tired dogmas from the past is that people actually don’t care about them. Only the ruling elites do. There are not many votes there. That’s Math.
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MUST READ: Don’t believe the lies about the unaffordability of National Super
Big business just wants to cut any government expenditure that isn’t going to directly subsidise their profit making activities. This has led to a slashing of the number of people receiving a benefit as a percentage of the working age population from 13% to 8 % when unemployment only fell on average from 8 to 6%.