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  • Fight for Equal Pay continues

    By Bronwen Beechey (Tamaki Makaurau/Auckland). The Equal Pay Act of 1972 established the principle that women workers in the private sector were entitled to the same rate as men doing the same job (public service employees had won equal pay in 1960). Forty-two years later, in October 2014, aged care worker and union member Christine… Read more

  • #FastFoodGlobal in pictures

    April 15th, 2015: Fast food workers in over 200 cities across the globe took action for better conditions. Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand: Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand: Christchurch, Aotearoa/New Zealand: Tokyo, Japan: Hong Kong: Manila, Philippines: Bangladesh: New York, USA: Pittsburgh, USA: Wisconsin, USA: Atlanta, USA: Seattle, USA: Durham, USA: Lima, Peru: Buenos Aires, Argentina: Amsterdam, Netherlands: London,… Read more

  • #FastFoodGlobal: Aotearoa/NZ kicks off international fast food day of action

    Joe McClure (Fightback Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington). At noon on April 15th 2015, Aotearoa/NZ kicked off a global fast food day of action. Workers in more than 200 cities around the world are taking action against the working conditions of fast food workers. In Aotearoa/NZ, McDonalds and Wendy’s restaurants are still forcing zero hour contracts on workers; KFC… Read more

  • Entrenched neoliberalism and workplace organisation

    Ian Anderson (Fightback Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington) provides a broad overview of neoliberalism, a period of capitalism marked by insecurity and poverty wages. Towards the end of Only Their Purpose is Mad, an account of the neoliberal offensive in Aotearoa/NZ, Bruce Jesson describes the effect on communities: “[Some] freezing works existed for 70 or 80 years. Towns grew… Read more

  • Tamaki/AKL event: The Housing Crisis – Left responses

    The second Auckland Left Forum looks at the issue of the housing crisis in NZ. Speakers from Fightback, Auckland Action Against Poverty and others to be confirmed. Wednesday, April 22nd, 6:30pm Grey Lynn Community Centre (510 Richmond Rd, Grey Lynn, Auckland) [Facebook event] Read more

  • Self-employment: a two-edged sword for workers

    by Daphne Lawless (Fightback Tamaki Makaurau/Auckland). According to the 2013 census, just over 15% of residents in Aotearoa/New Zealand report earning income from self-employment. This is about the same percentage reported for Britain, according to Richard Seymour in The Guardian, which is apparently “the highest level since records began”. Another British socialist, Chris Bambery, points… Read more