Present

Written By: - Date published: 1:03 pm, December 11th, 2008 - 9 comments
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I was sent this by a comrade in the union movement.

You can download the A3 poster here to do poster runs. There’s already a bunch up in central Wellington this morning.

Or why not grab the image on the left and send an email to your friends and family letting them know (in your own words or ours, if you like) how National/ACT is attacking their work rights?

Oh and there’s the anti-Fire at Will Bill Facebook group. Already more than 500 members in one day. This is huge, sign up.

The Facebook group also links to the EPMU-led petition to the Governor-General asking that he refuse to give assent to the law until it has gone through the normal democratic process. You can print it off and sign up, then fax it to them by 9am tomorrow morning.

And there’s also the link to the CTU’s viral email to John Key.

9 comments on “Present ”

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  1. bobo 1
    11 December 2008 at 1:16 pm

    Just like Don Trump, minus the dead fox hair comb over.. 🙂

  2. Idiot/Savant 2
    11 December 2008 at 1:32 pm

    The Facebook group also links to the EPMU-led petition to the Governor-General asking that he refuse to give assent to the law until it has gone through the normal democratic process. You can print it off and sign up, then fax it to them by 9am tomorrow morning.

    Or you could not bother. As I have repeatedly pointed out, the idea that the Governor-General has the power to refuse assent is a monarchical fiction.

    Simply because the right subscribe to this fiction is no reason for us to. Whatever my misgivings about process (and I think passing significant policy like this without a select committee is a gross abuse), if parliament passes a law, its the law, and the G-G has to sign it.

    [lprent: Will check tonight why you keep getting shunted into the traps]

  3. gobsmacked 3
    11 December 2008 at 1:53 pm

    Agree with the campaign, except the petition to the Governor-General. That’s just dumb. The union should rethink that one.

    When the Nats appoint Garth George as Governor-General, then we can have constitutional trench warfare. But not now.

  4. Stephen 4
    11 December 2008 at 3:03 pm

    When the Nats appoint Garth George as Governor-General,

    Ha!

  5. Steve Pierson 5
    11 December 2008 at 3:11 pm

    I/S sometimes politics is about the audience.

    gobsmacked. um, the GG is being asked to act precisely because they are seen as impartial and fair.

  6. Daniel Webster 6
    11 December 2008 at 3:48 pm

    Even given that the G-G can’t refuse assent, the petition still serves the purpose of motivating people and raising public awareness. Not sure that it’s the best way to do it, but hey, we’ve only got ’til 9AM tomorrow so..

  7. infused 7
    11 December 2008 at 4:05 pm

    Keep up the hysterics.

  8. Brett Dale 8
    11 December 2008 at 5:56 pm

    Merry Xmas employers!, you no longer have to worry about your business, if someone isn’t working out in the first few months, you can let them go without of some union member or third party telling you your not allowed you, its your business, not the Government’s, thank you, National for bringing back People Power.

  9. mike 9
    11 December 2008 at 9:31 pm

    Still in fear & smear attack mode eh pierson. Thought you may have switched tactics after it back fired so spectacularly during the campaign – but when its all you’ve got I guess you have to box on…

    Our business employs over 150 staff so we are unfortunately not covered by this bill but hopefully they will extend it next year

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