Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 12:24 pm, October 29th, 2017 - 70 comments
Categories: Abuse of power, jobs, john key, journalism, national, national/act government, Politics, same old national, spin, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, Unions, workers' rights
Tags: actors equity, helen kelly, hobbit, Iain Lees-Galloway, jennifer ward-lealand, peter jackson, the hobbit, warner bros
… of urgency, repeal the Hobbit law, urgent legislation enacted …taking the filming of the Hobbit overseas. New Zealand …precious … On October 2 IrishBill published this post and accurately…minimum standards contract for the Hobbit. Things were looking good…
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:46 am, July 16th, 2014 - 219 comments
Categories: john key, national, national/act government, same old national, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: jonathan coleman, kim dotcom
…:21 am. That day the Hobbit dispute was raging out of… series of perceptive posts by IrishBill which gave a real sense…
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 4:01 pm, February 26th, 2013 - 315 comments
Categories: class war
Tags: peter jackson, the hobbit, Warner Brothers
The government has released the Hobbit documents. The Ombudsman ordered them … his "evil union destroying the Hobbit" story. Here's the email: As…
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 12:25 pm, January 2nd, 2013 - 18 comments
Categories: national, Politics
Tags: beltway
… dirty politics was during the Hobbit dispute when he released a…
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 7:06 am, November 24th, 2012 - 37 comments
Categories: Environment
Tags: mark unsworth, satire
… we're a nation of friendly hobbit-like folk. But by publicly…
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 1:26 pm, January 23rd, 2012 - 43 comments
Categories: class war
Tags: john key, ports of auckland
… one Key took over the hobbit dispute would make it seem…
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 3:25 pm, September 25th, 2011 - 43 comments
Categories: capitalism
Tags: greg ellis, the hobbit
… boot into actors during the Hobbit dispute and to suck up…
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 10:05 pm, September 5th, 2011 - 123 comments
Categories: class war
Tags: peter whittall, pike river mine
… about Pike and about the Hobbit. She pointed out that the…
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 4:00 pm, June 12th, 2011 - 19 comments
Categories: accountability
Tags: oia
… the ministerial communication surrounding the hobbit dispute. So what's the answer…
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 8:45 pm, April 12th, 2011 - 66 comments
Categories: capitalism
Tags: helen kelly
… extremely thorough account of the Hobbit dispute over at scoop. It…. But the response to the Hobbit dispute underlies a fundamental problem… benefits only trickled up. The Hobbit dispute is simply an example…
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 10:21 am, December 31st, 2010 - 122 comments
Categories: Politics
Tags:
… and John's lies about the Hobbit and the announcement of ACC…
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 9:54 am, October 31st, 2010 - 37 comments
Categories: business
Tags: brian rudman, finlay mcdonald, fran o'sullivan, john armstrong, mark sainsbury, peter conway, peter jackson, the hobbit, vernon small
… has settled on the Hobbit fiasco and it's become… and Jackson's claim the Hobbit was going offshore. So…follows the money: The Hobbit deal is not the…on-face when the Hobbit omelette is finally cooked….pretend he's "saved" The Hobbit by promising exactly the …
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 7:36 pm, October 28th, 2010 - 44 comments
Categories: capitalism, workers' rights
Tags:
… or a union representing other Hobbit Contractors wanted to it could…
Written By: r0b - Date published: 7:15 pm, October 27th, 2010 - 179 comments
Categories: business, film, john key, Media
Tags: peter jackson, the hobbit, warner bros
… be making announcement on The Hobbit this evening, with a press… to save some face. The Hobbit will stay in NZ. Here's… US$60 Million tax rebate. IrishBill: just a quick note on… law in relation to the Hobbit. In short it's a meaningless…
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 7:06 pm, October 26th, 2010 - 96 comments
Categories: capitalism
Tags: john key, the hobbit, warner bros
… larger incentives to keep The Hobbit movies in NZ. The two… with no resolution to the Hobbit standoff. Following the meeting, Prime…
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 8:58 pm, October 23rd, 2010 - 105 comments
Categories: business
Tags: actors equity, bill english, gerry brownlee, helen kelly, john key, peter jackson, the hobbit, warners
… the shit flying around the hobbit dispute it I decided to… Warners were considering taking the Hobbit offshore because of industrial uncertainty…
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 12:37 pm, October 23rd, 2010 - 84 comments
Categories: business
Tags: fran o'sullivan, john key, peter jackson, the hobbit
… about the government and the Hobbit in her column today: Key… tax break to keep The Hobbit here. The actors would get…
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 7:03 pm, October 22nd, 2010 - 134 comments
Categories: employment
Tags: peter jackson, the hobbit
… and SAG had settled the Hobbit dispute on Monday (US time… that the issue endangering the Hobbit is supposed to be stable… tax break to keep The Hobbit here. The actors would get…
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 8:07 am, October 22nd, 2010 - 84 comments
Categories: employment
Tags: the hobbit
… stable industrial relations on the Hobbit all he needs to do… most important factor in the Hobbit staying here.
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 10:58 pm, October 21st, 2010 - 69 comments
Categories: business, capitalism
Tags: russell brown
…negotiations. That's because the Hobbit producers successfully beat the …in statement headed Facts on Hobbit, said Following a meeting… agreement that was "not Hobbit-specific". I've explained before… wanted I'm sure the Hobbit producers could simply employ…
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 8:15 am, October 21st, 2010 - 516 comments
Categories: film, workers' rights
Tags: actors equity, peter jackson
… minimum standards contract for the Hobbit. Things were looking good. So…
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 9:26 pm, October 4th, 2010 - 62 comments
Categories: workers' rights
Tags: actors equity, john key, the hobbit
Actors Equity have posted their Australian counterparts minimum standards document. Some of the outrageous clauses that would surely cripple the industry here include: The Producer or his/her representative may not direct the Artist to smoke or appear to …
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 11:45 am, October 2nd, 2010 - 32 comments
Categories: Media, Unions
Tags:
… few ideas about who the hobbit producers are using as advisers…
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 8:19 pm, September 27th, 2010 - 53 comments
Categories: Unions, workers' rights
Tags: peter jackson
… http://www.actorsequity.org.nz/hobbit_fact_sheet.pdf (Now moved…www.alliance.org.au/documents/hobbit_fact_sheet.pdf "Many Actors… has been made suggesting The Hobbit is non union – simply … principal objective in targeting The Hobbit – we will continue to …
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