Right there, for all to see this morning in the Herald...was quoted as saying, "We would love to see wages drop", issues a clarification. The ...gave that Mr Key wanted wages to drop was incorrect. Mr Key ... which they discussed the wage gap between Australia and ...
When Key alledgedly said we would love to see wages drop, in what context was he ... to stop the tide of NZers going to Australia. Perhaps he would like to see... the wage gap between NZ and Australia drop...
Written By: Eddie - Date published: 9:18 pm, March 18th, 2010 - 14 comments
Categories: Conservation, john key, slippery
Tags: chris carter, murray mccully, whaling
… Minister would have been referring to the New Zealand Government's policy … to seek… caught out on his "we would love to see wages drop" quote by a journo from… seriously considering dropping New Zealand from my itinerary. I love New Zealand…
...he has money, he doesnt love you, like Aunty Helen, here...why John Key said he would love to see wages drop (and then lied about it...in National's base's interest for wages to drop, but it's not in ...their interest for people not to vote National because they ...
... down the road to the cheaper doctor", "We would love to see wages drop", "We'll abolish... is not proven", "We love the Maori Party but will... a hideous hulk we see behind the brightly painted ...their heavenly designation (on minimum wage and paltry ration) and ...
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 11:39 am, February 27th, 2008 - 15 comments
Categories: workers' rights
Tags: minnows, workers' rights
…survey on John Key's "we would love to see wages drop" quote last week, we…especially the National ones, would to told in no uncertain terms…core Kiwi Party policy to lift wages in NZ considerably." … the Kiwi Party would actually lift wages, which reminds me…
... was a National policy to get wages up to the Australian level, that... politician, replied: ‘We would love to see wages drop. The way we want to see wages increase is because... for the simplistic productivity/wage growth formula to produce an income bonanza...
... NZers do not want to hear, and would not support. He states... inflation, because that would add to the inflation. Thus Key "would love to see wages drop" because he... food items). If Key would refuse wage increases under those conditions, he...
...call for higher wages (no employer likes having to pay their ...more. Mr Key would like to see the opposite occur. "We would love to see wages drop," he says.... It's common for politicians to...
Written By: r0b - Date published: 11:47 am, September 1st, 2010 - 34 comments
Categories: bill english, employment, jobs, john key, national
Tags: unemployment
… high. So it was interesting to see Bill English come pretty close… not. Like Key's unguarded "we would love to see wages drop", perhaps Bill English English has… the Nats real thinking. "We would love to see unemployment rise" might be overstating…
Written By: Eddie - Date published: 8:20 am, July 3rd, 2009 - 91 comments
Categories: bill english, education, health, john key, national/act government, public services, Unions, wages, workers' rights
Tags:
…of times that it would honour those agreements that… have dropped to historical lows…Nurses and teachers would be …the flow of professionals to Australia (where they're actually… he said he "would love to see wages drop", and we see, as predicted, that…
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 9:40 am, July 28th, 2008 - 83 comments
Categories: john key, slippery
Tags:
…is a hoax" "we would love to see wages drop" and comments about the labour…market being too tight and wage inflation too high (= …unemployment is too low and wage increases too high). Thirdly, this… one reason why you would purposely keep voters ignorant…
...: 1. "We would love to see wages drop."; and 2. "The way we want to see wages increase is... because productivity is greater."? They seem to reveal... a desire for both increased wages and decreased wages. One...
...er/pay/backgroundpapers/2013/Minimum-Wage-Review-MBIE-Report-2013....,000 are on the minimum wage. However, the figure quoted...it (they are required to help minimum wage workers, but not ... has also diminished. "We would love to see wages drop." John Key, 2008.
... on how he plans to deliver those "higher wages", thereby stemming the... raising the minimum wage as a blunt instrument to force wages up at... he has said that he "would love to see wages drop". You may know a few...
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 2:48 pm, July 25th, 2008 - 56 comments
Categories: standard week
Tags: standard week
…the policies are likely to cut wages by taking bargaining power… when he said "we would love to see wages drop". A week and a…worker, anti-rights, anti-wage rises…[more] Take the … tax incentive to outsource their production….[more] Would Nats introduce…
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 3:02 pm, February 22nd, 2008 - 13 comments
Categories: john key, national, workers' rights
Tags: john key, national, workers' rights
…business audience "we would love to see wages drop", bFM asked him to elaborate [MP3, … either said wages are going, we want wages to fall. I…the way, the way to raise wages is, employers respond, …and that allows them to respond to greater wage demands. So, …
Glenn. These attempts to discredit the report are very weak. Key said "we would love to see wages drop", that is that. Now, if you are for wages dropping, be a man just say so, don't make baseless smears on the journalist.
...of people to Australia that are lured by higher wages. There’...s some calls here for employers to pay... that? We would love to see wages drop. The way we want to see wages increase is because... rates. We really want to drive that out. The ...
... your last statement I would note that resorting to profanity is the... policy? seeing as you claim that they want to lower NZ wages im... which party said this "We would love to see wages drop"
... what he said. He's trying to claim it was somehow a... would love to see wages drop", don't we? http://thestandard.org.nz/did-key-try-to-get-wage-drop...
Written By: Marty G - Date published: 10:34 am, June 11th, 2010 - 15 comments
Categories: wages, workers' rights
Tags: four weeks annual leave
… the owners of capital: "we would love to see wages drop" he told a businesswoman, unaware… spent 0.7% less on wages in the March 2008, a… at either the ordinary weekly wage, or the average earnings for… year. So, an extra week's wages will mean the boss pays…
The talk about wage inflation and cuts in government ... directly into the language of wage cuts or job cuts despite... job cuts e.g, "We would love to see wages drop" "we have no spare capaicty...
...: we would love to see wages drop and we don't think wages should rise to mathc inflaiton, wages should... productivity. insider. John wants your wages cut. How much do you...
...? Or the linked article? The wage gap is closing but slowly..., it pretty much opened up to a wage-gulf under National. I... be doing a lot more to fix this problem faster but... Key says he would "love to see wages drop". Yep, that'll fix the wage gap. Probably by...
Wages in Aussie are better than ... like John Key who would love to see wages drop. Key promised NZ would narrow the gap...
... was referring to Australian wages when he said that he would "love to see wages drop". If the... MSM had given appropriate prominence to the... backtracks Key had made, NZ would have voted him out years...
Written By: Anthony R0bins - Date published: 7:58 am, May 1st, 2013 - 64 comments
Categories: class war, national, wages, workers' rights
Tags: exploitation, james sleep, same work same pay, youth rates
…from the government that would love to see wages drop come in to effect today, as …Government will cut the minimum wage by 20% for young… is missing the opportunity to seriously bring down youth … again kudos to those good employers who are not cutting wages.
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 8:09 am, January 24th, 2012 - 46 comments
Categories: accountability, democracy under attack, Media
Tags:
… of expression. It would be ridiculous to claim that a New…law change that would give it the power to delay until …in government around the world would do if they could … reporter who broke his "we would love to see wages drop" quote. Back then, however, …
... on this "closing the wage gap" thingamy (with staggering...Maori) I do hope to see the Standard keep a ...regular "Gapwatch" feature (similar to the excellent cycleway watch) ... "we would love to see wages drop" could very well come to pass relative to Oz, and...
Written By: John A - Date published: 4:12 pm, July 15th, 2009 - 12 comments
Categories: uncategorized
Tags:
… as the way to close the 30% wage gap with Australia…with more and bigger ones to come next year. Ideology … ideological reasons, proven not to work, and rehashed Labour … Key's earlier line – "We would love to see wages drop". For a better approach, check…
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