Many migrant workers are not looking simply for better work, propelled by poverty and insecurity, they are looking for ANY work.
Employment / Mahi
WHAT’S UP WITH COKE?
Elisabeth Perham asks why people are boycotting and protesting against one of the worlds most recognisable brands?
CAMPAIGN AGAINST YOUTH PAY RATES ATTRACTS THOUSANDS
On Monday March 20 at noon, in the heart of Auckland’s Central Business District, one thousand high school students who had walked out of school that morning rallied to demand an end to youth rates. The students were demonstrating the power of collective direct action
Trade Unions
By Omar Hamed
In Australia workers at KFC are paid a starting rate of NZ$14 with allowances for clothing, shoes and travel, while back here, friends of mine get a measly $7.60 per hour.
Greens shouldn’t waste time with immoral greed merchants
By Cameron Walker
Despite a well intentioned and highly publicized meeting, big business still finds the Green Party scary. By the way the media has portrayed this it seems like we are all supposed to be worried that the ‘anti-business Greens’ may well form part of the next government.
Great sacrifices: Labels in Poverty
By Samantha Davidson. Odd, but true: some New Zealand teenagers (or their parents) are forking over $160 for a single item of clothing, while not even being able to get enough together for school fees.
Did you know that almost one in every three young New Zealanders lives in poverty? Children and young people in New Zealand also have the fifth highest rate of death from maltreatment in the developed world and are more at risk from human rights abuses than any other group.
