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The number of injuries occurring in New Zealand workplaces every year would fill Eden Park almost four times, and that’s on top of the hundred workers who die in the workplace every year- an average of nearly two a week. “This is simply not good enough and needs to change” said Rob Jager who chairs
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By Chris Peterson, Melbourne First published in Green Left Weekly About 200 people rallied at Melbourne’s Maribyrnong Detention Centre on September 22, against deporting refugees to danger and mandatory detention. Dayan Anthony, a Tamil refugee, was deported to Sri Lanka in July against his will from Maribyrnong. Antony’s Lawyer Sanmati Verma said: “Each and every
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Download MP3 C Kate Wilkinson’s got something for teenagers next year ” a starting wage” she calls it , to make more jobs appear two thousand jobs in just two years, sounds seriously weighty the thing is but, she’s paying just a shit ten dollars eighty F7 C Ten dollars eighty – could Katie live
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By Jessica Ward The first of September was a cold day in Dunedin. I got dressed in the sluttiest clothes I felt comfortable in; a short red velvet dress with a pair of black woolen tights and a splash of red lipstick. As I walked through the central city towards the dental school where the
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“I’m getting too old to work lots of hours a night, I’ve been working all my life with a low wage and I can’t afford anything.” Those were the worlds of Jaine Ikurere, 63 years old, she works two jobs to make ends meet, and one of those jobs is cleaning offices in parliament. She
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A bill currently going through parliament could see workers required to be available to work during breaks- if they get breaks at all. There has been legislation for rest and meal breaks for just four years. Prior to the Employment Contracts Act breaks were covered not by law but by industry wide agreements negotiated by
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By Josh Glue Earlier this year an attempt to contract out union work at Ports of Auckland (PoA) led to a strong union fight-back, to which management responded with a lockout. The lockout dragged on for months, management refusing to back down on its demands for individual contracts and greater ‘flexibility’ of labour. During this
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Speakers: John Minto (guest speaker) and Bex Broad 6-7.30pm, Thursday October 18 Waikato Trade Union Centre, 34 Harwood Street, Hamilton Koha or $10 solidarity entry to help fundraising efforts for the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) Further information
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Adapted from TEU media release Workers at Lincoln University’s Telford campus have negotiated successfully the right to be included on the Lincoln collective agreement. Prior to the merger of Telford Rural Polytechnic with Lincoln University, hostel and kitchen staff at Telford had no employment conditions providing rules around hours of work or shift allowances. Their
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As the brutal regime of President Bashar Assad desperately tries to cling to power, a massive humanitarian crisis is engulfing the Syrian people. An estimated 23,000 people have been killed since the uprising began in March 2011, with the state being responsible for most of the deaths. Over a quarter of a million people have
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