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  • Workers Party submission to the Electoral Commission on the distribution of broadcasting monies

    Main points 1. The previous allocations of broadcasting monies was designed when there were two parties who were keen to make sure that other new parties could not compete effectively with them. A cartel has previously operated in dividing up the broadcast allocation amongst the parliamentary parties. This has previously given only a few crumbs… Read more

  • Public money to parties should be shared equally says Workers Party

    Press release The Workers Party wants public election funds shared equally between parties. “Other countries such as Japan, Italy, India, Mexico and the Czech Republic have equal fund allocations”, said the party’s national organiser Daphna Whitmore, in a submission to the Electoral Commission. “It’s currently a cartel-like arrangement where Labour and National get the bulk… Read more

  • Zimbabwe elections – a vote for change

    – Alastair Reith Leader of the Zimbabwean opposition Movement for Democratic Change, Morgan Tsvangirai On 29 March 2008, the people of Zimbabwe went to the polls to vote in the parliamentary and presidential elections, and on the future of their impoverished country. There was world-wide interest in the elections and a great deal of media… Read more

  • Who got the new minimum wage rise?

    – Jared Phillips The Council of Trade Unions and various individual unions have put out statements regarding the April 1 2008 minimum wage rise to $12 and the abolition of youth rates for most young workers. CTU secretary Carol Beaumont said: Twelve dollars an hour is a commitment that this Labour-led government made with the… Read more

  • Solidarity needed during strikes

    Press release Criticisms of the junior doctors’ strike by Council of Trade Unions president Helen Kelly are ill timed and highly questionable, says Workers Party national organiser Daphna Whitmore. “Traditionally unions extend solidarity during strike action, not issue public condemnation”. “Medical staff do not take strike action lightly, and the doctors have been negotiating since… Read more

  • Marxism 2008

    Featured session topics: Elections and the Revolutionary Movement in Nepal Resisting Imperialism – speakers on the Philippines, Afghanistan, Cuba and Palestine 1968: The Year of Revolution The Rise and Fall of the Polynesian Panther Party Building a Fighting Union Movement Debate: Should Socialists Support Open Borders? Plus the official launch of the Workers Party’s 2008… Read more