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Naming and shaming bad employers | Press Release from Unite

By Ant | 1 September, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |

Unite Union is accusing one of the country’s largest Telco’s – Vodafone – of being a bad employer after the highly profitable company refused a pay increase to most of …

Australian election highlights the advantages of MMP

By Alison Mackay | 27 August, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |

Whatever the final result of the Australian election, the advantage of New Zealand’s proportional voting system …

90-day trial in action

By Alison Mackay | 21 August, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |

If you’re in any doubt about the unfairness of National’s fire at will legislation, watch these two videos:
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What the Zapatistas Can Teach us About the Climate Crisis

By Alison Mackay | 9 August, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Climate Change, Politics |

By Jeff Conant, August 3, 2010

With their 1994 battle cry, “Ya basta!” (“Enough already!”) Mexico’s Zapatista uprising became the spearhead of two convergent movements: Mexico’s movement for indigenous rights …

On Welfare Bashing

By Alison Mackay | 9 August, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |

Gordon Campbell August 9 2010

The government’s welfare working group has dutifully delivered the findings the government wants to hear. To Paula Rebstock and her colleagues, being on welfare is …

Cluster Munitions Banned

By Alison Mackay | 4 August, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Peace & Violence, Politics |

On 1 August the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions came into force, becoming binding law in New Zealand and around the world. States that have signed up to the new …

Energy Efficiency Conservation (Warm Healthy Rentals) Amendment Bill

By Alison Mackay | 28 July, 2010 | 1 Comment | Posted in Housing, Politics |

Green Party MP Gareth Hughes is currently promoting his new member’s bill that will help ensure that warm, healthy residential properties are the norm in New Zealand, not the exception. …

UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights

By Alison Mackay | 25 July, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Kaupapa Maori, Politics |

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous People, Professor James Anaya, visited New Zealand from 18 to 23 July 2010, to …