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  • Seventy percent of workers in New Zealand want new jobs

    by Byron Clark Job advertising website SEEK’s 2010 Employee Satisfaction and Motivation survey, which had about 3000 respondents, has found that 70% of New Zealand workers are wanting a new job this year with one in four planing on leaving their jobs in the next three months. The main reason was looking for ‘a challenge’ Read more

  • Christchurch demonstration in support of the Egyptian revolution this weekend

    Following on from last weekends demonstration another protest rally in solidarity with the uprising in Egypt has been organied for midday this Saturday (Febuary 12) in Cathedral Square. Come raise awareness and support the Millions of Egyptians taking to the streets!. [Facebook page] The following video was taken at last weeks demonstration. http://workersparty.org.nz/2011/02/05/egypt-fights-against-dictatorship/ Read more

  • If you’re dissing the hookers you ain’t fighting the power

    Reprinted from Not Afraid of Ruins blog. The new Auckland Supercouncil has voted to support a submission in favour of the Regulation of Prostitution in Specific Places Bill. This law would let Supercouncil pass bylaws banning street workers in specific areas. Arguments in favour of criminalizing street workers are usually about protecting families, and moral values, Read more

  • Freedom of expression @ work – a short interview with Julie Tyler

    Friday January 4, Burger King held a disciplinary meeting against Dunedin employee Julie Tyler. Her alleged misconduct was the posting of the following sentence on a friend’s Facebook wall, ‘Real jobs don’t underpay and overwork like BK does’. Julie’s union, Unite, her friends, and other workers successfully built up public opposition against BK before the Read more

  • What is WikiLeaks and what has it done?

    In this article, Ian Anderson, a member of the Wellington branch of the Workers Party, looks back on the breaking of state secrets – including with regard to NZ’s role in Iraq – and how WikiLeaks has helped shape recent international events. By now everyone with access to mainstream media has heard of WikiLeaks. Whether Read more

  • Pike River update: Compensation and investigation

    By Byron Clark (Christchurch branch WP member) ‘‘I know a number of external parties who have expressed interest in the asset” These were the words of Pike River Coal chairman John Dow, quoted in The Press on January 14th in an article where the main topic was the police decision to ‘pull the plug’ on Read more