Victoria’s got a secret, and it’s not lingerie, and it’s not “super comfy and super sexy.”
The underwear manufacturer has a much bigger secret, a real secret: they’re hiding workers.
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Minto for Mayor Campaign Launch
For a people’s Christchurch rather than a corporate Christchurch – decisions by us, for us, made here!
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Local Government: Seldom Sexy but Always Essential
The importance of local government is usually overlooked, except in complaint. Conservative voters moan they get nothing for their rates. That the council should do more with less, that there’s no accountability, that councils take money for nothing and rates are too high.
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Political Caption Competition
One more inch to the right, just one more…
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How far are we going to go in denying poverty exists in NZ?
The economic growth rate is as illusionary as middle class property wealth, we are needing to massage the stats to make unemployment look better and tens of thousands of migrant workers are being lured to NZ to be paid less for jobs NZers demand real wages for.
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4000 sick NZers poisoned by contaminated water and it still isn’t a crisis?
How far are the National Party really prepared to go to let the free market work this water contamination out all on its own?
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The All Black Spying Scandal: All that is wrong about NZ media in one story
Folks, whatever misdirected but perfectly timed fury you feel erupting in your veins about this All Black distraction, consider that under these new powers we all become the All Blacks.
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America leads NZ on Cannabis reform AND banning private prisons?
America is light years ahead of NZ on legalised cannabis with a fully regulated and taxed market, AND they are now ahead of us by banning the corporate cancer that is private prisons…
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Learning What Words Not To Use: Ika Hosts “From Strike To Like”
WHEN A TRADE UNION organising conference advises participants to avoid using such words and phrases as: “Workers”, “Inequality”, “Collective Bargaining”, “Strikes”, “Lockouts”, and even, God help us, “The Union”; it’s a reasonably safe bet that trade unionism is in trouble.
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Waatea 5th Estate – Political Wrap of the Week
Joining us tonight for our infamous Friday night political wrap of the week…