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The Union Report with Annie Newman & Laila Harre + other union news
Issue 1: Two huge current campaigns – asset sales and living wage depend entirely on building union/community alliances, how does the movement reach out and build these? Issue 2: Living wage movements...
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Living Wage Update July 2012
Living Wage Aotearoa NZ Update July 2012 Aotearoa New Zealand has growing poverty and inequality. This means more and more New Zealanders don’t get paid enough to meet their needs and participate as...
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$15 minimum wage a good start
CTU supports David Clark’s members bill to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour as a good starting place to lift low wages in New Zealand says Helen Kelly, CTU President. Helen Kelly said “many...
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Question 12: How did the government justify the 1991 benefit cuts? What did...
Beneficiaries were demonized to blame the victim not the system for rising unemployment and more people being forced onto some type of benefit to survive. The very existence of the welfare state came...
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Union news 6/9/12
WORKRIGHTS IN NZ Community, churches and unions unite around call to lift pay http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1208/S00462/community-churches-and-unions-unite-around-call-to-lift-pay.htm CTU: Forestry...
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Question 13: Isn’t it necessary for there to be a big gap between benefit...
This ignores the reality that during the decades of the 1960s and 70s benefits were higher than they are today relative to the average wage, yet the numbers on any sort of benefit other than for old...
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Union News to 28/9/12
Strike averted as NZ Bus and Unions reach agreement http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/strike-averted-nz-bus-and-unions-reach-agreement/5/135467 Disgraceful injury figures show health and safety policy...
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Question 15: Why do big business and the government want to cut welfare...
Big business wants to cut the costs of welfare for two reasons. Firstly, benefits above the barest minimum are seen as a barrier to lowering wages. The costs of welfare are also seen as a barrier to...
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Union News to 10/10/12
WORKRIGHTS NZ Demolition derby: National’s approach to solving unemployment by Sue Bradford http://pundit.co.nz/content/demolition-derby-nationals-approach-to-solving-unemployment Teens hit back over...
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