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Unite has launched a Facebook campaign for Pat Bidois, a union delegate at St Georges Language School who was unfairly dismissed. The page reads: Management have been trying to get rid of Pat for years as she is an effective and passionate defender of workers rights on her site.
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Rebecca Broad, Workers Party National Organiser A magnitude nine earthquake and consequent 23 ft tidal wave, occurring 70km off the northeast coast of Japan March 11, has caused severe and extensive damage to that country. The three prefectures or states of Miyagi, Fukushima, and Iwate have sustained the most damage and loss of life. Multiple
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Adapted by Ronald Trifero Nelson from a script by Chris Brickell, review by Workers Party member James Froch Having significantly evolved since it last showed at Bats in 2009, a new production of Mates and Lovers is back in Wellington as part of the second Asia-Pacific Out Games. This celebration of the modern gay identity is Ronald Nelson’s
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The following article is an edited version of a report submitted to the Workers Party internal conference in January 2011 by its National Industrial officer Mike Kay. General Outlook The unemployment rate in the September 2010 year was virtually unchanged since the previous year, at 6.4%. Employment had increased by 1.8%, economic growth had been
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This article is by Kassie Hartendorp, organiser of the Wellington branch of the Workers Party. The article will be printed in three parts, in the new Women’s Liberation section of The Spark. Historically, one of the most controversial topics within Marxist theory is ‘the woman question’ which continues to create debate and disagreement within socialist
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Originally published in the March 2011 issue of The Spark. At the end of January the Workers Party held its major internal meetings in Christchurch to guide the future strategy of the organisation. Party structure changes In terms of changing and developing party structures we did the following: • Altered the leadership body and renamed
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By Josh Glue, Workers Party Hamilton Branch The waterfront lockout of 1951 was one of the most important events in New Zealand labour history. For 151 days the men who worked the waterfront and those who supported them fought back against the combined power of the ship-owners and the state, determined to force cutbacks upon
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Liberated Libya rejects US intervention Benghazi Commune – Capital of Libyan revolution! videos from The Real News Network.
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Hailing originally from Ireland where he was active in the Socialists Workers Party, Joe Carolan is a leading member of Socialist Aotearoa. Here he is interviewed by Ian Anderson (Wellington branch of Workers Party and The Spark editorial board). The Spark: Could you start by recapping what shifts happened in this year’s Irish General Election?
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