Tipping culture is not welcome in NZ
MIL OSI – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement Headline: Tipping culture is not welcome in NZ Deputy Prime Minister Paula Bennett’s comments about tipping have been in the news and have sparked off a series of furious discussions about tipping in Aotearoa. From our point of view, tipping every time you’re provided a service […]
Read More →This Government’s facade of caring about women
MIL OSI – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement Headline: This Government’s facade of caring about women Earlier this week I was so pleased to see the payoff for many amazing women involved in union organising with the decision to pay caregivers more. I put aside my reservations about the fact that it didn’t look […]
Read More →Housing workers on cruise ships. Really?
MIL OSI – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement Headline: Housing workers on cruise ships. Really? What does it say about our country that we would invite people to work here but treat them as second class citizens? Just yesterday, I wrote that there should be better oversight of the living and working conditions of […]
Read More →The Living Wage: we want decent pay for decent work
MIL OSI – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement Headline: The Living Wage: we want decent pay for decent work Living Wage campaigners have calculated that it now takes a wage of at least $20.20 an hour to support a decent quality of life in New Zealand. The minimum wage is just $15.25, rising to […]
Read More →Scapegoating international students
MIL OSI – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement Headline: Scapegoating international students A recent New Zealand Herald article with the headline ‘International students ‘cheat system, take jobs’ is incredibly disappointing. It unfairly scapegoats international students and blames them for the conditions that have led to their systemic exploitation. Some facts first Let’s start off […]
Read More →Health and Safety Act fails to reduce work fatalities
MIL OSI – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement Headline: Health and Safety Act fails to reduce work fatalities After the Pike River tragedy, New Zealanders realised that workplace health and safety culture needed to change. Last Saturday marked the 6th anniversary of the tragedy that killed 29 miners at the Pike River mine on […]
Read More →Yet another reason to end 2016 early
MIL OSI – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement Headline: Yet another reason to end 2016 early On Monday, the Civilian “reported” that the Government plans to pass legislation to end 2016 early. The Green Party will be supporting this bill. Just in the last week, we’ve had a 7.8 quake and hundreds of aftershocks, floods, Donald […]
Read More →Junior Doctors go on Strike
MIL OSI – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement Headline: Junior Doctors go on Strike Thousands of junior doctors took strike action for 24 hours this week for better working conditions and safer working hours. The Green Party supports their cause, and particularly their claims to reduce the number of days worked from up to […]
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