Trade Minister David Parker has taken up the opportunity to do what the Trade Ministers of TPPA countries agreed to at the APEC conference and offered New Zealanders the opportunity for a consultation and better understanding on the TPPA prior to it being signed. He has said it is unlikely this will affect the outcome […]
Archives for November 2017
Come on Transdev! Workers are worthy of their hire
Wayne Butson was interviewed this morning on Radio New Zealand about his members working terms and conditions being threatened by Transdev/Hyundai Rotem, the contract managers at the Wellington Rail Network. The RMTU union boss described the quandary the workers are in and about the employers unwillingness to negotiate. Here is the background. For a number […]
Housing the Homeless: the value of a strategy
At the recent Community Housing Aotearoa conference Nan Reed the CEO of the US National Alliance to end Homelessness spoke about the impact of having a joined up strategy, goals and measures for ending homelessness in the United States. Despite the lack of social services and a legal mandate for social care (except for war […]
Open Letter to David Parker on the TPPA-11 negotiation
Kia ora David, Congratulations on your new Ministerial roles and for taking a decisive approach to protecting housing from overseas speculators in case the TPPA-11 comes into effect. I would like to raise with you some of my concerns that the current approach to the TPPA does not adequately reflect the direction outlined in Labour’s […]
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