Monday, 3 May 2021, 11:13 am
The
difficulty with translating the Treaty partnership into the
realities of parliamentary rule is that at best, Maori have
been treated only as co-pilots, still flying on captain’s
orders. Yet if we have learned anything in the past 180
years, it is that the Maori passengers on board will reach
their destination only if and when Maori are at the
controls. Ultimately, true equality means more than just
having an input, however valued, into someone else’s
decisions.
Both major parties have struggled to
deliver on the Treaty’s Article 2 vision of equality. For
decades, National has chosen instead to play on fears about
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Janet Stovall (on screen), a senior client strategist at NeuroLeadership Institute, talks to Little Rock Soirée Publisher Mandy Richardson about how organizations can best address issues of race in the workplace. (
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Despite a number of laws that have been passed over the years to address pay inequality, women still earn less than their male counterparts for the same work. The Paycheck Fairness Act, passed in the U.S. House this month, is the latest effort to correct this imbalance.
Some provisions in the act would require employers to submit compensation and other employment data to the federal government; make it illegal to prohibit employees from discussing their pay with co-workers; and it would require the government to provide grants for negotiation skills training that includes women and girls.
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The ‘Voice of Congress’, Joe Novotny, Joins HBS Federal Practice Group
April 19, 2021 GMT
WASHINGTON (BUSINESS WIRE) Apr 19, 2021
Husch Blackwell Strategies announced today that Joe Novotny, former reading clerk for the U.S. House of Representatives, has joined the firm as a principal in its federal practice group in Washington. In 2010, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi appointed Joe as House Reading Clerk, a position he held until he retired from Capitol Hill in early March.
Speaker Pelosi praised his nearly 30-year career in the House and his tenure as reading clerk in particular saying he used “his strong, steady presence and trusted leadership to advance the ability of the People’s House to do the people’s work. His historic and effective leadership has helped engage and connect the American people with their democracy.”