First case for a worker to win compo for zero hours breach
For the first time, a fast food company is compensating a worker for not being rostered their minimum guaranteed hours.
Talley’s AFFCO workers to strike - solidarity and support needed!
1000 members of the New Zealand Meat Workers Union at eight AFFCO plants in the North Island have voted overwhelmingly to take strike action next week.
Rich list: Bludging bastards with their protective layers of bought politicians
By John Minto (Reprinted from The Daily Blog) Our Inland Revenue Department has a “High Wealth Individuals Unit” (HWI Unit) which collects information on the wealth of “people who have, or are…
Talley AFFCO workers on the frontline (again)
By Darien Fenton, Director of Organising, NZ Meat Workers Union Talley's workers and their families during the 2012 lockout It’s not really a big surprise, but disappointing all the same that it’s come to…
Benefit bashing hurts the whole working class
By Mike Treen, Unite National Director (Reprinted from The Daily Blog) Sometimes working people get misled by some of the arguments used to bash the beneficiary as bludgers and so on.…
Government proposals fall short – genuine end to zero hours contracts still needed f
By Mike Treen, Unite National Director The government claim to be introducing laws to “end unfair employment practises such as zero hour contracts” has been underwhelming at best.
CEO pay rates immoral in an egalitarian society
By Christine Rose Reprinted from The Daily Blog The recently announced unprecedented level of CEO salaries should give all conscientious Kiwis cause for concern.
NZ Labour Letter - June 2015, Vol. 6 No. 7
The New Zealand Labour Letter is provided as a service to Labour by AIL of New Zealand Ltd.
IUF – What is really at stake in the Greek crisis?
1 July 2015 Editorial A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of a democratic alternative to austerity.