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By Chris Ross, John Braddock At a stopwork meeting last Thursday, bus drivers in New Zealand’s capital city Wellington voted 204–3 to reject a new pay offer from NZ Bus and approved a fresh round of strikes. Drivers also passed a unanimous motion ...
New Zealand’s Labour-led government, which includes the Greens, recently declared a pay freeze across the public service for the next three years. The move, which extends a measure introduced last year during the COVID-19 pandemic, will inevitably be used to suppress wages in the private sector as well. Public Service Minister Chris Hipkins announced that workers earning more than $NZ60,000 will only be offered pay increases under “exceptional” circumstances, while increases for those on salaries over $100,000 are ruled out. Only about a quarter of public servants earns less than $60,00...
The Socialist Equality Group’s (New Zealand) webinar included speeches by Bernie Monk, whose son was among the 29 men killed, and electrical engineer Richard Healey, who has extensively investigated the disaster.
Thursday, 29 April 2021, 2:34 pm John Braddock Nearly three weeks after Samoa’s elections, the country’s leader of 22 years, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, of the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP), is on the verge of being ousted by former deputy and Samoa’s first female MP Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, leader of the new FAST (Faith in the One True God) party. The HRPP has ruled the small Pacific island country for 39 years, with Malielegaoi one of the world’s longest serving prime ministers. Despite having only been formed last June, and running 50 candidates against HRPP’s 100, FAST ...
Article – Socialist Equality Group John Braddock Nearly three weeks after Samoas elections, the countrys leader of 22 years, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, of the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP), is on the verge of being ousted by former deputy and Samoas first female MP Fiame … John Braddock Nearly three weeks after Samoa’s elections, the country’s leader of 22 years, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, of the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP), is on the verge of being ousted by former deputy and Samoa’s first female MP Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, leader of the new FAST (Faith in the...