Written By:
all_your_base - Date published:
2:49 pm, October 25th, 2007 - 6 comments
Categories: workers' rights -
Tags: workers' rights
The current rise of populism challenges the way we think about people’s relationship to the economy.We seem to be entering an era of populism, in which leadership in a democracy is based on preferences of the population which do not seem entirely rational nor serving their longer interests. ...
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I hope they read this site at Labour HQ in Wellywood – because a variation of that would be an election winning ad right there…
I thought the same
Cheers Robert, nice find.
Yay, life of brian is a great movie indeed!
I just watched it – and thought what a crock – how sad that benefits that governments introduced many decades ago are what unions now rely upon going forward.
Labour are about to lose the 2008 election as NZ sweep National into victory despite your lies and mis-information.
Monty, those work rights weren’t just given by governments, they were fought for by unions, became commonplace in collective agreements and were finally enshrined in legislation after decades of struggle.
These rights are also constantly at risk from attack – National has already said it wants to reduce the ability of workers to bargain collectively, privatise ACC, make the fourth week of annual leave saleable and remove protection from unfair dismissal during the first 90 days of employment.
It’s the job of unions to protect these work rights and to keep pushing forward for better wages and conditions. That seems pretty relevant to me.
Which lies and misinformation are you talking about anyway?