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  • Iranian socialist: “Capitalism is causing these wars”

    Torab Saleth, a leading activist in the Iranian Workers Left Unity current and a prominent figure in the British-based Hands Off the People of Iran (HOPI) campaign, was recently interviewed by Philip Ferguson of the Workers Party. Philip Ferguson: Could you tell us a bit about Workers Left Unity – how it came into existence Read more

  • EPMU leaders’ strange behaviour

    – Don Franks Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Labour’s Goods and Services tax, Listener columnist David W Young wrote: ” The reason GST is much-loved by right-of-centre policy wonks in New Zealand and marvelled at by their colleagues overseas, is that it’s “pure”. (Finally, a tax that right-wingers like!) GST wasn’t adulterated to make it Read more

  • Wellington bus drivers resist dirty tactics

    – Nick Kelly Wellington bus drivers continue to struggle against company attacks on their pay and conditions. Tactics employed by NZ Bus include being deceitful about their proposed pay increase, attempting to undermine the high Tramways Union density at the Kilbirnie bus depot, and being disrespectful to union members wishing to attend the recent funeral Read more

  • Casino workers play the wild card

    How do you take on a powerful company when over a third of the staff are not in the union? Laurie Garnet finds union members at Auckland’s SkyCity casino are coming up with creative solutions. SkyCity casino is on course to make $110 million profit this year. So when the company offered a 4% increase Read more

  • ACTs of hypocrisy

    – John Edmundson So the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union has suspended one of its workers because he is standing for parliament on the Act ticket. Shawn Tan, a former Green Party member who became a convert to Act, has been suspended (on full pay) because there is a clause in his contract which prevents Read more

  • The truth about job losses

    New Workers Party leaflet available for download here. Read more