High housing costs and low wages force working people to strike – First Union
Distribution centre workers at Auckland-based car parts supplier Brake and Transmission (BNT) walked off the job this morning – the…
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Dear Mr Dunne: a statement from a Pike River widow – Stand With Pike
Peter Dunne’s statements about the evidence for safe re-entry of the Pike River drift is exactly the kind of uninformed…
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Minimum wage increase has minimal impact without stronger supports – Child Poverty Action Group
For the second time inside of two years the National Government has increased the minimum wage by 50 cents per…
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E tū says pay Living Wage; minimum wage increase inadequate
E tū says a 50 cent increase in the minimum wage doesn’t go far enough and employers should commit to…
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Back-to-school budget demands send parents into crisis – Child Poverty Action Group
Families still reeling from the expense of Christmas now face the high costs of the new school year along with…
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Minimum wage goal should be $20 an hour to combat poverty and inequality – Unite Union
While welcoming an increase in the minimum wage by 50 cents an hour, Mike Treen of Unite Union says that…
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Bill English’s Plan B for TPPA a political ‘own goal’ in election year – Professor Jane Kelsey
The idea from Prime Minister Bill English that New Zealand and other countries might proceed with Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement without…
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Day of Endangered Lawyer on 24 January – New Zealand Law Society
New Zealand Law Society President Kathryn Beck has praised the courage of lawyers around the world who risk harassment, imprisonment…
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Protestors block second gate at Fonterra dairy factory – Coal Action Group
Protestors block second gate at Fonterra dairy factory Climate change protestors have now blocked a second gate at Fonterra’s Clandeboye…
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Grandmothers and farmers block Fonterra plant – Coal Action Network
Three grandmothers, a student and a farmer have this morning chained themselves to a gate to prevent coal being delivered…