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  • Bus drivers stay strong

    Day five of the Auckland Bus Drivers lockout and the workers are still standing firm. The mood on the picket line at the North Shore depot was determined, with drivers saying they are prepared for a showdown that may last two weeks, like their last lockout four years ago. One longstanding driver told us: “When Read more

  • An Exclusive Education

    Reprinted from the Capital Times. Organising meeting 5pm Wednesday, Collins Room, Student Union Building, Victoria University of Wellington. ONCE upheld as the bastion of liberal thinking in Wellington, Victoria University is turning into a capitalist business, say past students. Workers Party parliamentary aspirant and political activist Don Franks has had a long association with the Read more

  • Recession and Redundancy

    The Spark October 2009 John Edmundson As the recession has bitten, redundancies have risen and unemployment figures have begun to climb, Labour’s Darien Fenton has had her Private Member’s Bill drawn from the ballot. The Bill would enforce a minimum redundancy payout on all employers, starting at four weeks pay after one year of employment. Read more

  • The state of the working class

    The Spark October 2009 Philip Ferguson The recession has been officially declared over, thanks to 0.1% economic growth in the last quarter. The government and various economic experts agree, however, that more jobs will be lost over the next year to 18 months. In The Spark, we’ve consistently argued that the current global recession is Read more

  • PFLP: Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize is a mockery

    Reprinted from the PFLP website. To help raise funds for the PFLP, click here. The awarding of U.S. President Barack Obama with the Nobel Peace Prize is an absurdity that undermines any meaning or legitimacy of the prize, said a spokesperson for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine on October 9, 2009. The PFLP spokesperson said that Read more

  • Solidarity appeal – oppose the trespass orders at Victoria University

    Workers Party activists Heleyni Pratley and Joel Cosgrove have been trespassed from Victoria University for two years for participating in a student protest against University fee rises, some of them being of over 90%.  The student action was similar to fee-setting protests of the last few years; a small group in the Hunter building chamber holding signs and Read more