Thanks. TBH, in my time as a leader of an affiliated union and working for another one, we never told people how to vote. But also, the first political discussion with union members should not be around voting. I think that's partly what's gone wrong. For ...
What a fascinating thread. Just one comment and it might be a picky one ; but Alex must surely be a member of the PSA, who do not support affiliation to political parties, along with other public sector unions. It always fascinated me how Oz and UK unions ...
Oh really? Where were you yesterday? Where were the "hard core leftists"? Must have been in the thousands descending on Hoana Waititi's celebration in West Auckland, or in the thousands who came to Waitangi in numbers not seen for a long time or in the ...
I just thought what a couple of dorks. And then I thought, how did those gummies get through bio security at the airport? Because they sure as hell don't farm in Wellington. I also heard Asst Speaker Barbara Kuriger say something in the Parliamentary ...
Yeah totally. National ads taking credit for inflation drop when it covers a quarter when they weren't the government. And Nicola catastrophising "the books are worse than we thought" when actually they were better. And the other things, like putting ...
The other part of this argument is second hand smoke and the impact on others. Perhaps people forget how it used to be at work in the tearoom, at meetings, in the local cafe, and in restaurants if you could afford them. Skycity casino workers campaigned 20...
And further, I see Labour as part of the Labour movement, which is why I support union affiliation. If you are talking about precarious work spare a thought for all of those who will not have FPAs. FPAs didn't happen because some bright spark in Labour ...
It is called political organising. This was a ten year battle, beginning well before Labour was in power in 2000 : in fact in the late 1990s, when the ILO looked at contract labour (I was there). The legislative change first happened in 2004. It had ...
True that. Thanks. It was the landlords!
Very long : put on Facebook, "Imagine if you were living peaceably on your land as your tribe had done for 1000 years, living with your culture and traditions, speaking the language your whanau spoke, feeding your family from the land and sea. Then the ...
No worries ; I have plenty of thoughts I will share in Labour and in the movement. There is a lot of discussion to be had, and I hope Labour gets to take its time and let people have their say. But just on those contracted out jobs ; funny thing is those ...
"New Lynn needs a bloke who has a mullet, wears sharkeys, drinks Lion red and is interviewed whilst tinkering with his outboard in the front yard and actually talks to people on struggle street, Swanson." I hate to be picky, but Swanson is actually in the ...
I feel incredibly sad about Golriz today. She has done the only thing a politician can do by resigning. I feel for her, James and Marama and the Greens who are left doing their best to support her. Life is not equal for all politicians. Sometimes we make ...
Thanks. I agree but we have never been able to get state funding across the line. I suppose we are better off than some countries (ie the US) because TV and other public media advertising is State funded, but doesn't now take account of the huge amount of ...
Yes agree ; I hope when the donations information comes out someone does a deep dive into those who supported NAF with large amounts of money, including a free plane for David Seymour.
Yes exactly Micky. That will be an interesting discussion. Meanwhile, did anyone see the "God made Trump" video? I thought it was a spoof, until I checked and stopped laughing quickly. This is where we go in our little country and it is what I fear most. ...
Great post. Did you see Jane Kelsey's piece on the Regulations Minister of today (Seymour) is a ghost of Xmases past from Douglas, Hide et al. (Sorry it may be paywalled, but needs reproducing somewhere). https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/acts-attempt...
I always said to workers who wanted to strike, go for it. Why do you need the law or a government to tell you it's okay? I don't recall Labour taking away the right to strike mind you, unless you are much older than me! Otherwise how come we have had ...
It's an appealing idea to put MPs on 90 day trials, (though impossible in our election system) because effectively they are on a fixed term contract. The other call I often hear is put MPs on minimum wage. These calls while well intended overlook that 90 ...
Look I am not here to argue about what Labour did or didn't do. There will plenty of reflection, criticism and navel gazing to go around - and I will have my say as a LP member. I don't mean to "have a go". But when you, like me are facing years and uphill...
Written By: darien fenton - Date published: 8:36 am, December 18th, 2023 - 65 comments
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This coming week, under urgency and leading into Xmas, the Coalition government will expand 90-day trials to all workers, in yet another payback to National/ACT/NZ First’s (NAF) business backers. Being able to sack people without rights will encourage …
I realise that arguing over the entrails of the recent election gives some people a thrill. But Chris Luxon's strategy? Really? The election was a vote of circumstance. People were pissed off with Jacinda and the lockdowns, their homes got flooded and ...
"PM says Treasury economic impact statements on RMA, Three Waters and RBNZ repeals would be a "waste of time", preparing documents "no one is reading". Such arrogance.
She will undoubtedly suffer more mishaps because she is totally ill-equipped to handle this portfolio. Apart from laws, there's all those regulations around health & safety and other workplace rights, which her leader is hell bent on getting rid of. The ...
DS - perhaps do some reading. https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/bills-and-laws/bills-digests/document/53PLLaw26741/fair-pay-agreements-bill-2022-bills-digest-2674
That Cabinet Paper was circulating almost immediately it hit the Cabinet on their first day. As you can imagine, I've had a good peruse of it. One of the things that struck me was how quickly Brooke V V got out of the blocks on this even before she was ...
The last two sitting weeks of parliament will be repeal, repeal, repeal under urgency, led by removing Fair Pay Agreements - you know those horrific instruments that Business have been whining about, while meantime also grizzling they have to pay workers ...
Well said Micky. The more I look at the coalition agreements, the more gobsmacked I am. I do get a bit tired of people going on about what Labour coulda shoulda done. I had a Green voter on Twitter yesterday telling me it is Labour's fault we have this ...
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I too have this perverse, but somehow comforting feeling that I can go full nuclear on this mad coalition. And I will. Read the coalition agreements people. Anyone who has ever negotiated binding documents could drive a truck through a collection of dot ...
I'm not into blood letting for the sake of it and putting the boot in. Labour has been here before. - several times, including as recently as 2014. We wasted years on factional in-fighting and leadership challenges from 2011 on. We have lost some good MPs ...
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