A Modest Proposal
Governments and capitalists are always banging on about how the private sector is more efficient than the public sector., so I’ve got a modest proposal for them.
worker rights
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EXCLUSIVE: Holiday pay miscalculation more than a “mistake”
The Daily Blog was breaking news about workers being underpaid holidays before the mainstream media even woke up to the story. You can read what’s happening now on The Daily Blog or read about it in the mainstream media a fortnight later.
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The Future of Work: A nightmare or arena of struggle?
The Future of Work Conference sponsored by the Labour Party this week was a stimulating look at a range of ideas for dealing with the challenges that the current system is preparing for people in the 21st Century.
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The real issue is the exploitation of migrant labour by big business
The Labour Party has been trapped into appearing as being opposed to migrant workers in New Zealand.
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EXCLUSIVE: Employers holiday pay cheating can be stopped!
We discovered a bit over a year ago that most employers we dealt with, and the payroll systems they used, were not doing the necessary calculations for this.
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MUST READ: Zero hours end product of workers struggle
As I am writing (Thursday, March 10), the New Zealand parliament has unanimously passed a law that will eliminate zero…
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KiwiRail can’t outsource responsibility
The government must guarantee New Zealanders that Chinese engineers working on KiwiRail’s locomotives are at least receiving the minimum wage says Rail and Maritime Transport Union spokesperson Todd Valster.
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On workers rights and hypocrisy
Workers rights all over Aotearoa and globally are being relentlessly attacked and undermined.