Category: living wage
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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…
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This is why we need a living wage
There was another in what has been a long stream of heartbreaking stories this morning concerning a Porirua family struggling to make ends meet. But this is not a family relying on benefits to survive. Both parents work full time. From Radio New Zealand: New statistics this week show the gap between the rich and…
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A 20% salary increase for Auckland’s Councillors?
Auckland Councillors have recently been awarded a 1.5% increase in their base salary by the Remuneration Authority. This is appropriate as I believe that salaries should generally keep up with inflation. But what was disturbing was the suggestion that a 20% increase for Councillors could be in the wind. From Radio New Zealand: Auckland councillors…