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  • Education and Capitalism: Behind the Massey-McDonald’s partnership

    Morgan Welch Massey University has formed a partnership with McDonalds Restaurants that will allow a number of McDonald’s store managers to cross-credit their prior learning towards an undergraduate business degree. An in-house course run for McDonalds by an external provider, Service HQ, provides managerial staff with the National Diploma in Hospitality, a New Zealand Qualifications Read more

  • NZ and Pacific nations still poles apart on labour mobility

    Byron Clark On September 26th acting NZ High Commissioner Sarah Wong joined Barret Salato, Director of the Solomon Islands Labour Mobility Unit in Honiara to make an announcement about Solomon Islanders working in New Zealand. “In 2014 [The] Solomon Islands will be allocated 594 RSE places” read their joint statement. RSE stands for Recognised Seasonal Read more

  • October 2013 issue of Fightback now online

    Welcome to the October 2013 issue of Fightback. In September, Unite defeated an effort by fast food giant KFC to sack its disabled workers. This came after a more compromised win in the battle for improved pay and conditions at McDonald’s. There are some important observations to draw from these partial victories. The first observation Read more

  • The dangers of deep sea oil drilling

    Byron Clark, Fightback. Last month the government announced that nearly 434,000 square kilometres of land and ocean floor in New Zealand’s exclusive economic zone would be opened up for oil and gas exploration. The areas in include onshore areas in Taranaki, the East Coast and West Coast, and five offshore areas – Northland, Taranaki, the Read more

  • Marxism and mental health (audio)

    Fightback’s Polly Peek recently spoke on the topic of Marxism and mental health in Christchurch. Capitalism functions in such a way that people impacted by mental illness are often lacking the health services needed, and face discrimination in employment and stigmatisation in wider society. Downloadable MP3 available here Read more

  • Putting the care into aged care

    Grant Brookes, Health First candidate for Capital & Coast District Health Board Aged care is in crisis. It’s headline news. In August, pay cuts of up to $100 a week for staff at Ranfurly Rest Home and Hospital in Auckland were the lead story on Campbell Live (When your employer proposes a pay cut). In Read more