Comments on: The wage freeze is dripping http://thestandard.org.nz/the-wage-freeze-is-dripping/ The New Zealand labour movement used to have its own newspaper. A group of us thought that now might be a good time for it to be digitally reborn: The Standard v2.0 - now in a new format The Standard v3.0 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:36:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gomango http://thestandard.org.nz/the-wage-freeze-is-dripping/comment-page-1/#comment-179464 gomango Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:31:10 +0000 http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=27472#comment-179464 I'm relatively apolitical - I can see good things in both sides of economic thought. But this is just a very sad, unfunny joke. I'm not sure what is more embarrassing or tragic: a) we pay people to assist in the education of our children only $14 to $14.62 an hour b) a trade unionist is excited by helping get her members paid this. I’m relatively apolitical – I can see good things in both sides of economic thought. But this is just a very sad, unfunny joke.

I’m not sure what is more embarrassing or tragic:

a) we pay people to assist in the education of our children only $14 to $14.62 an hour

b) a trade unionist is excited by helping get her members paid this.

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