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Cycle lanes, a living wage, and fewer alcohol outlets | The Waikato Independent
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Designer rates his penci. 40 years and 100 tractor. Death on show in photogr. Study journalism at Wintec. Enrol in our journalism courses. Cycle lanes, a living wage, and fewer alcohol outlets. August 27, 2013. She is already a union worker and chairperson of a local community centre, but Jamie Toko has another challenge lined up. The Nawton resident is running for Hamilton City Council. S West Ward in the 2013 elections, and she is keen to break from the executive image. She has a several issues close t...
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Life During Capitalism- one history student's perspective on life during capitalism: Auckland University’s Dirty Laundry
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Life During Capitalism- one history student's perspective on life during capitalism. To omit or to minimize these voices of resistance is to create the idea that power only rests with those who have the guns, who possess the wealth, who own the newspapers and the television stations. I want to point out that people who seem to have no power, whether working people, people of colour, or women-once they organize and protest and create movements-have a voice no government can suppress." Howard Zinn. Are pai...
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Spanblather: Locked Out but not down
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The leftward and other blatherings of Span (now with Snaps! Tuesday, July 17, 2007. Locked Out but not down. I've been itching to write about the Spotless lockout at hospitals around the country but haven't had time. Luckily the following bloggers have:. When industrial action initially seemed likely. Spotless begins its lockout. And Finsec lends its support. Has written heaps of good stuff, including embedding footage of the pickets. Earliest to latest, her posts are here. And her most recent update here.
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February | 2011 | SFWU National Secretary's Blog
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SFWU National Secretary's Blog. Archive for February, 2011. Justice for Low-Paid Support Workers. Tagged SFWU disability minimum wage sleepovers. On February 16, 2011 16 Comments. The Court of Appeal has finally clarified the rights of community support workers who are required to sleep on their employers’ premises to be on-call for those people with disabilities or mental health issues whom they are supporting. The Court of Appeal judges have unanimously rejected both these arguments. In rejecting the m...
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Employers Stake out 2011 Agenda | SFWU National Secretary's Blog
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SFWU National Secretary's Blog. Laquo; OCS in the Gun Again. Union Mourns Loss of Top Labour Lawyer. Employers Stake out 2011 Agenda. January 12, 2011 by natsecsfwu. The recent comments from Auckland business spokesperson Cameron Brewer, followed within days by similar statements from the Hospitality Association and Retailers Association, give us some inkling of the 2011 general election agenda for some business leaders. Labour initially thought that their much-heralded Employment Relations Act 2000 woul...
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SFWU National Secretary's Blog | Page 2
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SFWU National Secretary's Blog. OCS Wins Golden Toilet Brush Award. June 15, 2010 by natsecsfwu. The announcement of the winner of the Golden Toilet Brush Award is a highlight of International Cleaners Day in New Zealand. It has been awarded in the past to building owners and cleaning companies who have failed to recognise that their profits are built on the backs of the thousands of workers who do the work of keeping New Zealand clean. Tagged cleaning OCS unions. Increase for Australian Workers. The Com...
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Justice for Low-Paid Support Workers | SFWU National Secretary's Blog
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SFWU National Secretary's Blog. Laquo; Union Mourns Loss of Top Labour Lawyer. Justice for Low-Paid Support Workers. February 16, 2011 by natsecsfwu. The Court of Appeal has finally clarified the rights of community support workers who are required to sleep on their employers’ premises to be on-call for those people with disabilities or mental health issues whom they are supporting. The Court of Appeal judges have unanimously rejected both these arguments. In rejecting the mental and physical exertion ar...
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Back to the ’90s | SFWU National Secretary's Blog
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SFWU National Secretary's Blog. Laquo; OCS Wins Golden Toilet Brush Award. OCS in the Gun Again. Back to the ’90s. August 9, 2010 by natsecsfwu. It is almost a repeat of the early 1990s as the Government creates a so-called crisis in order to take radical measures to cut welfare entitlements in order to force beneficiaries into work. The Government report on benefits comes almost a month after John Key announced that the Government would be introducing measures to extend the 90-day fire-at-will law to al...
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Debate – Pat Brittenden
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The GOP is not going to win the 2016 election and they know it. August 7, 2015. I admit it, I’m a political tragic. I watch, I read, I talk politics 24/7 often to the frustration of my friends and family. I love (that’s L-O-V-E) the American political system and its tendency to maneuver effortlessly between political animal, theatrical event and circus performance. I don’t. The American political system…but it’s like a drug that I can’t get enough of. 2012/2016″ etc…. From that segment of society. If...
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