LIVING WAGE CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
Battle for a living wage: A Kiwi bloke can survive on $19 an hour … yeah right http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10864565
Actor Grae Burton, depends on contract work rather than regular wages, especially since the Hobbit law defined actors as independent contractors. Photo Greg Bowker
Redundancy leaves truckies stressed http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10864567
The pay you need to survive http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10864620
Editorial: Key to ‘living wage’ will be equating it with fairness http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10864756
Mayor pushes to give hundreds a pay increase http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/8289717/Mayor-pushes-to-give-hundreds-a-pay-increase
$2 an hour ‘common’ for migrants http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10864817
Students obliged to take jobs at well below minimum wage http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10864809
Chanon Jitkomut is a former university lecturer from Bangkok who has struggled to find work under the skilled immigration visa scheme. Photo Natalie Slade
Unions seek ‘living wage’ for thousands http://www.3news.co.nz/Unions-seek-living-wage-for-thousands/tabid/421/articleID/286322/Default.aspx
Key not keen on Living Wage http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/8288718/Key-not-keen-on-Living-Wage
Guy Standing Guy Standing: basic income and the Precariat – Professor of Development Studies at the University of London, founder member and co-president of the Basic Income Earth Network, and author of The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class. He is visiting New Zealand as keynote speaker at the Precarious Work and Living Wage Symposium. (48′48″) http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2545950/guy-standing-basic-income-and-the-precariat.asx
Battle for a living wage: Campaigner says mindset shift needed to accompany monetary leap http://www.nzherald.co.nz/employment/news/article.cfm?c_id=11&objectid=10865279
Ghosts in corridors of power highlight disparities in pay http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10865001
Mareta Sinoti’s workload cleaning Parliament has doubled since she began three years ago but there’s no extra pay. Photo Mark Mitchell
Cities agree to look into higher pay http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10865266
Hard working poor families desperate for a living wage http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10865272
Green Party Supports Living Wage http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1302/S00174/green-party-supports-living-wage.htm
New Zealand Living Wage $18.40 an hour http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1302/S00119/new-zealand-living-wage-1840-an-hour.htm
Labour champions the Living Wage http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1302/S00172/labour-champions-the-living-wage.htm
PSA: Government Needs To Blaze The Trail On Living Wage http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1302/S00120/government-needs-to-blaze-the-trail-on-living-wage.htm
Industries quail at pay cost http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10865320
Worker sacked after two days awarded $6000 in compensation http://www.nzherald.co.nz/employment-relations/news/article.cfm?c_id=189&objectid=10865262
$18.40 an hour needed for living wage http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/8300471/18-40-an-hour-needed-for-living-wage
Auckland worker (and FIRST Union member) Fa’atau Manoa speaks to One News tonight about how a Living Wage would help his family makes end meet a little easier. http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/report-identifies-nz-s-living-wage-5341150/video
More on Living Wage: http://www.livingw
WORKRIGHTS
Brian Rudman: Collapse painful for all but bosses http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?
KFC employee hospitalised after oil vat explosion http://www.3news.co.nz/KFC-employee-hospitalised-after-oil-vat-explosion/tabid/423/articleID/286355/Default.aspx
Union speaks out over KFC accident http://www.3news.co.nz/Union-speaks-out-over-KFC-accident/tabid/423/articleID/286422/Default.aspx
Worker who lost fingers ignored warning http://www.3news.co.nz/Worker-who-lost-fingers-ignored-warning/tabid/423/articleID/284963/Default.aspx
Waikato trucking firm fined for overworking http://www.3news.co.nz/Waikato-trucking-firm-fined-for-overworking/tabid/421/articleID/283166/Default.aspx
STATS OF THE WEEK
America’s top 0.1 percent of income earners have seen their take-home nearly quadruple over the last three decades, the Economic Policy Institute reports. After adjusting for inflation, average top 0.1 percent earnings rose from $569,521 in 1979 to $2,158,892 in 2011. These totals don’t include income from capital gains and other investments.
QUOTES OF THE WEEK
“Excessive inequality is corrosive to growth; it is corrosive to society. I believe that the economics profession and the policy community have downplayed inequality for too long.” Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund managing director, Cut bankers’ pay or risk another crash, Independent, January 24, 2013
NZ ECONOMY
CTU: 163,000 People Unemployed http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1302/S00042/163000-people-unemployed.htm
Unemployment Figures Highlight Ongoing Crisis http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1302/S00047/unemployment-figures-highlight-ongoing-crisis.htm
Bernard Hickey: Reserve Bank sticks to the script as our economy teeters on brink http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=10863081
New Zealand’s sad manufacturing problem http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/comment/columnists/dave-armstrong/8257643/New-Zealands-sad-manufacturing-problem
Chris Ford: The economy becomes more unbalanced – free market silliness must end! http://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/chris-ford-economy-becomes-more-unbalanced-free-market-silliness-must-end/1273/146494
Carbon credit price meltdown http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/8252659/Carbon-credit-price-meltdown
Government must promise NZ won’t cave on Pharmac in TPPA http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1302/S00022/government-must-promise-nz-wont-cave-on-pharmac-in-tppa.htm
Greenpeace report on green development welcomed by CTU http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1302/S00072/greenpeace-report-on-green-development-welcomed-by-ctu.htm
Brian Gaynor: Mainzeal collapse needs investigation http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business-editors-picks/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501981&objectid=10864282
Questions raised over job statistics http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/8278888/Questions-raised-over-job-statistics
POVERTY & WELFARE DEBATE
Beneficiaries ‘attacked on all sides’ http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10863719
CPAG: Call for greater protection for children http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1302/S00068/call-for-greater-protection-for-children.htm
The politics of the child poverty measurement consultation http://www.cpag.org.uk/content/politics-child-poverty-measurement-consultation
Gordon Campbell on income inequality, and Tunisia http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2013/02/07/gordon-campbell-on-income-inequality-and-tunisia/
