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  • MP3: Rat Poison

    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 Read more

  • Protest Report: Slutwalk Dunedin

    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 Read more

  • Cleaning the corridors of power

    “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 Read more

  • Bill could see workers denied breaks

    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 Read more

  • Developments at the Ports of Auckland

    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 Read more

  • Hamilton Public Forum: Support the Miners, Support the DSM

    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 Read more