KiwiRail fails the sustainability test
KiwiRail is failing to fulfil its environmental obligations says Rail and Maritime Transport Union General Secretary Wayne Butson.
Most Recent Blogs
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On workers rights and hypocrisy
Workers rights all over Aotearoa and globally are being relentlessly attacked and undermined.
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Labour: towards an MMP strategy
For me though, the best result for the Left was seeing the Labour Party accept and embrace that we needed to vote strategically.
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RMTU: Government closes door on local businesses
New Zealanders will not get a say on the government’s decision to ratify an international agreement which removes the right to protect local jobs
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Nurturing future, civic leadership
Just prior to going on holiday last year I was fascinated by the Heralds weak attempt to try and set the civic Auckland agenda with a silly poll on possible contenders for the Auckland mayoralty.
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On Eleanor Catton, the cost of speaking out and why her words have the right running scared
I hate to break it to so many of our right-wing pundits who know so little about so much, but Catton has been pointing out the failings of our current government for a while now.
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“Minority report”: how the Terrorist Law will stifle dissent and could take away your basic human rights
The purpose of the state and establishment has never really been to keep us safe from terrorism. The purpose is to keep us, their citizenry complaint and quiet – and fearful.
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On earning a living wage and the right to use the bathroom without asking for permission
Caring about some shit job and smiling on cue for customers becomes difficult when getting out of bed is a minor miracle. Mental health days are a luxury of the rich.
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What WINZ are callously saying to people even when they know people are listening
When you are vulnerable and down, you have the right to be treated with dignity, respect, compassion, and kindness by whatever government is in power. Don’t you deserve to know you are loved and valued no matter how much profit you are or are not turning over?
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Stop telling young people to vote. Tell them to start the riot.
This year was the first time I ever voted and in all honestly I feel a bit ripped off. I knew the left would lose badly to the right, so it was not this which left me feeling short changed. It was the left’s behaviour after the fact.