Month: September 2016
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Jobs that count pledge
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions is seeking that all local body candidates sign a pledge which sets out basic expectations for elected representatives to meet. After reading them I was more than happy to do so. The required pledges are brief and simple yet very elegant descriptions of what I believe elected representatives…
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The Mayoral candidates and the living wage proposal
Photo (c) Jason Fell I attended the Living Wage People’s assembly this week in St Matthews in the City. The idea behind the meeting was to get Mayoral and Waitemata ward candidates to express their views on the living wage proposal as well as improved public transport services and rental accommodation standards. The organiser was Living Wage…