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-Daphna Whitmore The Spark February 2009 After a series of strikes, Unite union members at McDonald’s restaurants have a new collective agreement with improved wages and conditions. Their actions included 50 strikes in dozens of stores from Whangarei to Hamilton and a protest outside the company’s national conference. There was a real fighting spirit
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-Don Franks The Spark February 2009 Kindergarten teachers are seeking to ensure they don’t cop a 90-day trial period when they start a new job. The workers’ union, NZEI Te Riu Roa, has lodged the first employment claim in response to the National government’s anti-worker Employment Relations Amendment Act 2008. (Under the new law, rushed
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Philip Ferguson The Spark February 2009 (The following article is the first in a two-part series on the present economic crisis. This part explains how the system operates; the second part, in our March issue, will be an examination of what’s happening right now – and what workers can do about it.) According to economics.about.com,
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Below we republish a statement put out recently by the Christchurch Cuba Friendship Society calling for the release of the 5 Cuban government agents currently incarcerated in the USA for spying on right-wing Cuban exile groups in Miami who are guilty of engaging in terrorist attacks against the island nation: Meeting calls on President Obama
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Reviewed by Jill Brasell (The Spark February 2009) Journalist and blogger Joe Bageant grew up among the working-class people of Winchester, Virginia, and a question has evidently itched him ever since he escaped from (and then returned to) that community. Why do the working class reject liberalism, and instead hold tight to ideas that work
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Below we publish the text of a talk given by Mike Walker at a recent Workers Party public forum in Christchurch. If we are to believe the hype true liberation and self determination for the Palestinian people will be forthcoming with what is commonly referred to as the “two state solution”. This supposed “solution” would
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A forum to discuss plans for resisting the new 90-day legislation, the National-led government’s Xmas present to workers, is being held on Wednesday, February 4 at the WEA (Workers Educational Association) building, 59 Gloucester St, Christchurch, starting at 7pm. Speakers include Andrew Mckenzie (Alliance; and a lawyer specialising in labour issues); Byron Clark (Workers Party;
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Teamster Rebellion is a classic, and highly recommended for anyone interested in strengthening the union movement as we head into recession. First in the Teamster series, this compelling account of the 1934 strikes in Minneapolis sheds light on the rewards of worker militancy. Author Farrell Dobbs was one of the central leaders at the time,
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(Music by Chuck Berry) On the plutey side of Auckland where the salaries swell In a half acre mansion in the middle of Parnell Created out of value stole from you and me There lives a little arsehole that they call John Key He learned how to play the figures really well To help the
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This is a response to a Capital Times article, Hold Your Water (Vol 34 No 11) which argued for compulsory water metering as a conservation measure. Unfortunately the article is not online. Your article Hold Your Water argued for water metering as a conservation measure. However, domestic water metering is symptomatic of an approach to conservation
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