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Violence begets violence and we should condemn it. I hope everyone including Trump keeps cool heads and reflects on the reasons why this is happening. Disinformation is rife on social media and Trump will become a martyr for the Proud Boys et al. I hope he...
Sunny K has called for dairy owners to be able to defend themselves. With guns.
Have a look at the actions on 1 July around 65,000 care and support workers. PSA/NZNO/Etū, coming together on the huge injustice of their pay inequity. That imho opinion is a front of political organising underway and includes the PSA. Sometimes we are a ...
Written By: darien fenton - Date published: 10:59 am, July 7th, 2024 - 11 comments
Categories: act, Unions, workers' rights
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Minister for Workplace Relations and Health & Safety Brooke van Velden hasn’t met with the CTU Te Kauae Kaimahi since November last year. Apparently not with Business NZ either. Though to be fair, she did manage to get to the Biz NZ cocktail party and …
You said it. What, after all is a "successful career?" Does this mean anyone who isn't a business corporate and making huge amounts of money is unsuccessful? What a sorry outlook.
Yes. Thanks.
100%. Here's a little memory from me about Labour politicians' union backgrounds. In my time as MP, there was me, Sue Moroney, Carol Beaumont, Vui Mark Gosche, Rick Barker, Lianne Dalziel and others. Current MPs : Rachel Boyack worked for FIRST Union, ...
I doubt any of them were members of a union,
FYI most of the Labour MPs were or are members of unions, Mostly before but some joined when they became MPs. Jacinda joined SFWU when she was an intern in HC 's office and union liaison. She went to work as a volunteer for the SEIU in the US. I gave her a...
Imagine having a Deputy PM who was active in a union? Instead what we have here is an old fart who is a career politician since 1978 and a young fart who is famous for twerking and being a jerk. But btw aren't Winston and Seymour chosen by their party?
Paula Bennett never set her foot anywhere near a union. You need to inform yourself better.
I am celebrating Angela Rayner as Deputy PM. Genuine working class, left school early, worked as a caregiver, trade unionist. Younger woman. Now compare that to NZ DPMs. If only they were like her.
Takeaways from UK election. Firstly great victory for Labour but interesting they only got 35% of the vote. Glad Reform only got 4 seats - Greens with 4 most seats ever, Lib Dems big increase ; glad Jezza gets another five years, but just note he is older ...
Anyone notice what Kim DotCom is up to these days? Not that I saying there's a comparison, though he sees himself as a victim of US law. I see on Twitter he's now an avid Trump supporter. Once was part of the Mana movement ; shows you how wrong we can be ...
Thx. Typing too fast.
I have been reading Robert Reich today. Much better analysis. Not ignoring the poor performance of Joe B last night, but also following on Twitter the response of Democrats, including Joe's marvellous stump speech. Humility, decency, honesty,. Values. [...
Yep.
Changing horses in midstream is never a good idea in the middle of an election campaign. Biden could stand down, but immediately you have a candidate hardly anyone has heard of. Jacinda was well known, (if we are making comparisons which are not ...
Very good observation Advantage. As the day wore on, it became obvious to me the Kiwirail Inter Islander is heading for privatisation and this incident will be used as an excuse. Never mind there was a plan for replacement that Nicola Willis scotched and ...
You are so right Anne. Aratere being a case in point ; Watch as Simeon tries to blame the workers.
As a tragic follower of Twitter, I am amused by his (Luxon's) repeated pics of himself in his tight blue suit meeting with lots of other blue suits and tasting food. He even had which I thought was too woke for school kids. No $3 prepackaged sandwiches in ...
Written By: darien fenton - Date published: 11:19 am, June 15th, 2024 - 37 comments
Categories: act, health and safety, workers' rights
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ACT MP and Minister for Employment and Safety, Brooke van Velden has announced a “consultation” on our Health & Safety laws, saying this : Our health and safety culture can be summed up by the sea of orange road cones that have taken over the country. …
Totally agree Micky. Our Pharmac model is unique in the world so comparing us with what other countries fund is not comparing apples with apples. I never want us to be in a position where our drug purchasing and supply agency is dictated to by politicians ...
I agree ; it's cruel and not possible anyway. Pharmac makes independent purchasing and clinical decisions based on evidence and should never be about what politicians think they know better about, or state in the name of winning cynical votes. I remember ...
I am loving it. What else can the left behind, dispossessed and perpetually hurt by right wing governments do? I dont care that much about legalities around employment law and strikes, though I know them backwards. Note that the right use the word "strike"...
I am sickened by Shane Jone's deliberate attempt to undermine Labour History by launching this at Blackball. He couldn't even take a moment to visit the Wheel of Remembrance for the 29 Pike River Miners, still lying in the mine. I heard that bosses gave ...
Loving these clips. Wish we could have some of our own about the mayhem we have with the horrific CoC. I know it's not election time (though you wouldn't know it from the constant ACT and NZ First pronouncements on Twitter and ghastly pics of the PM trying...
Great post Nigel.
Good on you Greg for going along. Interesting to hear about the younger audience. I always want to hear the word "union" in any speech from a Labour leader. On class, it's an interesting discussion. It certainly was a thing when I was growing up, when my ...
Also important is the influence of the NZ Institute (right wing think tank) on the development of the new curriculum for state schools, appointed by Erica Stanford. https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/05/08/meet-the-man-behind-the-governments-education-policy/?...
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