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McDonald’s workers at six stores in Auckland and Hamilton went on strike last Friday. The strikes are a protest over pay negotiations that have been stalled by the company. Negotiations between the Unite Union and McDonald’s have been...
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A new report which states that “The New Zealand Primary Health Care Strategy is failing in its aim of removing inequalities for all New Zealanders” has highlighted medical issues among the City’s Asian community, with sexual health,...
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Information obtained by the No Right Turn blog under the Official Information Act has shown New Zealand’s new Emissions Trading Scheme, passed to help New Zealand meet its commitments under the Kyoto Protocol, to be a corporate welfare scheme,...
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After Wellington bus drivers issued a strike notice, their employer responded by locking out the drivers. Wellington Tramways Union secretary Kevin O’Sullivan said in a press release that the lockout was “a gross overreaction that is clearly...
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Yesterday Wellington bus drivers represented by the Wellington Tramways Union rejected a new pay offer from their employer, Go Wellington. The drivers also gave a 24-hour strike notice, meaning they will be legally entitled to walk off the job from...
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The telecommunications industry, Internet service providers, user groups, Internet advocates and IT professionals have called the recently passed Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act “A deeply flawed law that undermines fundamental rights and...
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It has been confirmed that at least two babies have died in China after drinking milk formula tainted with melamine, a substance used in plastics, fertilisers, glues and flame retardants. The milk powder was made by Shijiazhuang Sanlu Group Co Ltd, a...
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Environmentally unsound dairy farming practices in New Zealand are beginning to come under increased scrutiny after a recent Environment Court fine handed down to a repeat offender got media coverage in both UK and the US. An opinion article by Sudesh...
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A paper put out by the Post Primary Teachers Association, the main secondary teachers union, claims that the “Tomorrows School’s” education reforms brought in by the forth Labour government in 1989 have not led to better results for students....
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Data issued by the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday shows the average weekly wage in Australia is A$1131.40 (NZ$1398) which compared with New Zealand’s average weekly wage of just over $886 means there is a 49.7 per cent difference...
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