The final Union Report with Sue Bradford & Chris Trotter discussing the future of the NZ union movement

Issue 1: What are the challenges confronting the modern Union movement politically in NZ?
Issue 2: Is globalization strengthening or weakening Unions?
Issue 3: What solutions must Unions champion for 2014?

The Union Report with Rachel Mackintosh & Paul Goulter (15/10/12)

Issue 1: The EPMU call it a jobs crisis, Government calls it a challenge. What are the solutions?

Issue 2: National Standards are flawed and information used to judge school closures in Christchurch was wrong – is public education under attack?

Issue 3: If youth wages are the answer, what was the question?

The Union Report with Jill Ovens from SFWU and Peter Elliot from Actor’s Equity (1/10/12)

Issue 1: Does consultation with Government mean actual consultation or the pretense of consultation and are employers using the same tactics when negotiating?

Issue 2: What impact does a lack of job stability have on workers and society?

and Issue 3: 600 job loses last week doesn’t bode well for the unemployment rate. We can afford corporate welfare, why not more job creation support?

The Union Report for 24 September 2012 with NZNO’s Hilary Graham-Smith and CTU’s Dr Bill Rosenberg

In this week’s episode:

• Issue 1 – 6% GDP with 6.8% unemployment rate, how does the economy provide the momentum to create growth and secure jobs?
• Issue 2 – Are safe staffing and healthy workplaces being ignored for cost cutting?
• Issue 3 – Does the real cost of private prisons make a mockery of the public private model?

The Union Report with Dr Alistair Shaw and Chris Trotter (17/9/12)

Issue 1: A new survey shows that bullying in the public service is rife – do we have a bullying work culture and what do we do about it?
Issue 2: Does labour skills shortage and rising unemployment suggest the 90 day right to sack law has failed and is now part of the problem?
Issue 3: Is the Government doing enough to tackle poverty?

Coming up 24th Bill Rosenberg from the CTU and the NZNO; 1st October SFWU & Actors Equity; 8th October Laila Harre;

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The Union Report with EPMUs Rachel Mackintosh and Unites Matt McCarten (10/9/12)

Issue 1: From Tiwai Point to Spring Creek mines – how many more redundancies can communities take?

Issue 2: What does the BurgerKing dispute tell us about the real state of workers rights in NZ?

Issue 3: How do we tackle the overvalued NZ dollar that is hurting so many manufacturers and exporters?

The Union Report with PSA’s Jeff Osborne and Labour’s Darien Fenton (3/9/12)

Issue 1: With inequality at a historic high, why is the Government hellbent on crushing Unions with new Industrial Relations legislation? Issue 2: 555 public sector jobs gone last year and another 400 to go this year – why does the Government need even more bargaining power from the new State Sector Act? and Issue 3: Will the Local Government Amendment Bill strangle local democracy?

The Union Report with CTU’s Helen Kelly and First Union’s Robert Reid (27/8/12)

Issue 1: NZ inequality now at it’s highest level ever – has egalitarianism become a myth? Issue 2: Migrant workers are being exploited – can Unions offer the solutions? and issue 3: Should Unions bow to Government demands for a witch hunt in MFAT?

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The Union Report with CTU’s Dr Bill Rosenberg and NZEI’s Vice-President Frances Guy (20/8/12) + Other union news

Issue 1: Unemployment has risen to 6.8% – what should the Government be doing to get NZ back to work and what damage is occurring in our migrant work force?

Issue 2: If Charter Schools are the answer, what on earth is the question?

and Issue 3: A new study shows NZ nurses are battling ‘moral distress’, what are public servants supposed to do when they see the system failing?

OTHER UNION NEWS

New union offers advice for migrant workers http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/new-union-offers-advice-migrant-workers-5033503

Parliament’s cleaners seek pay rise – Cleaners want $15 an hour, and respect http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/politics/7486277/Parliaments-cleaners-seek-pay-rise

Worker wants port’s apology for leaking details of wife’s death http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10823398

Cecil Walker, seen on the picket during the port strike, says he feels betrayed when he goes in to work now. Photo

Christchurch Rail Workers Revolt Against Cost Cutting Plan http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1208/S00233/christchurch-rail-workers-revolt-against-cost-cutting-plan.htm

KiwiRail workers discuss possible strike http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10827421

Labour: Urgent investigation needed into migrant exploitation http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1208/S00214/urgent-investigation-needed-into-migrant-exploitation.htm

Protest outside BK over exploitation of migrant labour

Minister promises action on underpaid migrants http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10827500

Port transparency overdue http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1208/S00240/port-transparency-overdue.htm

Maritime Union Backs New Ports Bill http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1208/S00258/maritime-union-backs-new-ports-bill.htm

Fishing: Immigration approves 1744 foreign workers http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/7478452/Immigration-approves-1744-foreign-workers

NZ ECONOMY

Unemployment – the stat that sinks govts http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10826097

Stats show shocking truth of growing inequality in NZ http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1208/S00303/stats-show-shocking-truth-of-growing-inequality-in-nz.htm

Overseas Investment Office Says Rupert Murdoch Is Of Good Character – Because He Told Them So! http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1208/S00261/oia-says-murdoch-of-good-character-because-he-told-them-so.htm

TPPWatch Action Bulletin #15 – 15 August 2012 http://tppwatch.org/2012/08/15/tppwatch-action-bulletin-15-15-august-2012/

CTU: Record Outflow to Australia http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1208/S00310/record-outflow-to-australia.htm

Smoke and Mirrors: The strange tale of Fletcher Building’s ‘1000 new jobs’ for Christchurch. http://nzagainstthecurrent.blogspot.co.nz/2012/08/smoke-and-mirrors.html

The Union Report with Dr Alistair Shaw from NZUSA and PPTA’s Lynley Hunter & other union news (7/8/12)

The Union Report with Dr Alistair Shaw from NZUSA and PPTA’s Lynley Hunter. Issue 1: Why would parents send their children to school with unqualified teachers? Do the latest Charter School revelations suggest the Government is not listening to the sectors concerns? Issue 2: Are ACC tensions and uncontested private contracts at Mfat symptoms of a Public Service under stress? and Issue 3: Should Unions be exempt from Holly Walker’s Lobbying Disclosure Bill?

OTHER UNION NEWS

100 Years On: The Waihi Miners’ Strike: Waihi’s story is history in the present tense… http://werewolf.co.nz/2012/08/100-years-on-the-waihi-miners-strike/

Greens want public to have say on minimum wage http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/111748/greens-want-public-to-have-say-on-minimum-wage

Low Income Families Continue To Pay For Economic Recovery http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1207/S00378/low-income-families-continue-to-pay-for-economic-recovery.htm

Pay expectations gap no surprise http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1207/S00424/pay-expectations-gap-no-surprise.htm

New Zealand: International students exploited by kiwifruit industry http://www.freshplaza.com/news_detail.asp?id=98860

NZ’s worst mining accidents http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10820162

Growing pay gap between CEOs, staff http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/7366296/Growing-pay-gap-between-CEOs-staff

Income gap between the races gets wider http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10823115

Statement from Craig Tuck Trustee Slave Free Seas http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1208/S00075/statement-from-craig-tuck-trustee-slave-free-seas.htm

NCCSS Vulnerability Report http://www.nzccss.org.nz/uploads/publications/VR13%20final.pdf

NZ must address the systemic causes of child poverty http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1207/S00395/nz-must-address-the-systemic-causes-of-child-poverty.htm

‘One-third’ of Maori children in poverty http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/7347389/One-third-of-Maori-children-in-poverty

The Rich List at a Glance (Wealth order) http://www.nbr.co.nz/rich-list-2012/rich-list-glance-wealth-order

Maori children suffer health treatment inequalities: study http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/7416854/Maori-children-suffer-health-treatment-inequalities-study

Shivers: Minimum insulation standards a must http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10824727

Tapu Misa: Worshipping the wrong kind of god http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10824790