Is technology a threat to our jobs?
The problem with capitalism is not that it displaces human labour with machinery but that it does so in an unplanned and unequal manner.
Mike Treen
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Government’s failed response to abuse of migrants (Part 4 of 4)
Unions can expose the hypocrisy of employers demanding the right to import labour while paying a pittance to their staff. But ultimately, the only effective way to turn the situation around is to reunionise the sectors of the workforce that have lost union protection and force the bosses to pay.
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EXCLUSIVE: What you are not being told about the most recent migration surge (Part 3 of 4)
The real beneficiaries of this system of indentured labour are often the biggest companies in New Zealand. We know that all the hotel chains rely on temporary labour. SkyCity uses them extensively as do all the big fast food chains.
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Economic lies about the “rock star economy”
The business media is all in an excited state over the fact that the headline growth rate for the New Zealand economy is going to around 3.5% for the year ending June. What they don’t tell you is that because of the artificial boost to the population as a result of the government opening the taps for new migrants the actual annual per capita growth rate is only 0.6%.
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EXCLUSIVE: The truth about migration (Part 2 of 4)
In the last six years, there have been on average 166,000 temporary work visas issued each year. These consist of people on working holidays, seasonal workers, essential skills workers and migrant family members.
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SPECIAL FEATURE: The Truth About Migration (Part 1 of 4)
The issues involved in the current debate over immigration policy are so important for the country that understanding it properly requires an in-depth look that I am attempting here in four parts. I will repeat some of what I have written before but will also provide the most up to date data available.
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Indian students and supporters plan protest on Saturday to demand justice
Let’s gather this Saturday at 12 noon outside the Stoddard Road shops in Mount Roskill, Auckland.
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EXCLUSIVE: Banking – a criminal enterprise
The New Zealand and Australian banking system is owned and controlled by a criminal conspiracy whose sole purpose is to gouge the community for the enrichment of a small class of ultra-wealthy individuals.
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MUST READ: Migration, chefs and essential skills
The top ten skilled migrant categories are chefs, dairy cattle farmer, cafe/restaurant manager, retail manager, carpenter, dairy cattle farm worker, retail supervisor, aged or disabled carer, truck driver, registered nurse (aged care).
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A property crash is coming – the only issue is what we do
There is a real estate bubble in this country that will implode at some point in the near future. It is of no consequence whether the Greens or Labour “favour” a price decline or not. The decline will happen.