NZ First condemned by everyone
People have been expecting NZ First to start bashing Asian immigrants for months, to try and lift their poll ratings like it did in 1996. Peter Brown’s outburst yesterday was not him just thinking...
View ArticleCalls to sack Peters grow
The Herald reports that calls for Peters to be sacked as Foreign Minister (he could be moved to another portfolio) are growing. Business representatives who are still in China are said to be furious...
View ArticleThe chilling effect of the EFA
Steve Pierson at The Standard blogs on the ads run by the Northern Employers and Manufacturers Association against a proposed law which stops employers from operating a total remuneration package that...
View ArticleMcCarten on KiwiSaver law
Matt McCarten looks at the fight over the proposed law change to ban total remuneration packages from including the employer contribution to KiwiSaver: My union, Unite, represents thousands of...
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EMA Advertisement referred to Police
The EMA earlier this year ran some newspaper ads trying to stop the changes to KiwiSaver legislation, which would have made it illegal to take account of KiwiSaver contributions in a total remuneration...
View ArticleEPMU appeal fails
National has failed in its application to judicially review the Electoral Commission’s decision to allow the EPMU to register as a third party. The decision is here –...
View ArticleA horrendous own goal
The original comments by Alasdair Thompson were unwise and stupid (and I will detail why further down) but his dual performances on TV3 are the stuff legends, or nightmares, are made of. Watch his...
View ArticleCoffin meet nail
The Herald on Sunday reports: At a dinner at McCormick & Schmick’s restaurant in Washington, Thompson approached Kelly, Street and the business leader. Thompson is alleged to have made lewd...
View ArticleThompson sacked
The NZ Herald reports: The board of the Employers and Manufacturers Association has fired the organisation’s embattled chief executive Alasdair Thompson. It is interesting that they have actually...
View ArticleArguing against your own public position
Simon Collins at NZ Herald reports: Disgraced former employers’ boss Alasdair Thompson has switched sides and is speaking up for raising the minimum wage to $18.40 an hour. Mr Thompson, 66, has...
View ArticleNZ First condemned by everyone
People have been expecting NZ First to start bashing Asian immigrants for months, to try and lift their poll ratings like it did in 1996. Peter Brown’s outburst yesterday was not him just thinking...
View ArticleCalls to sack Peters grow
The Herald reports that calls for Peters to be sacked as Foreign Minister (he could be moved to another portfolio) are growing. Business representatives who are still in China are said to be furious...
View ArticleThe chilling effect of the EFA
Steve Pierson at The Standard blogs on the ads run by the Northern Employers and Manufacturers Association against a proposed law which stops employers from operating a total remuneration package that...
View ArticleMcCarten on KiwiSaver law
Matt McCarten looks at the fight over the proposed law change to ban total remuneration packages from including the employer contribution to KiwiSaver: My union, Unite, represents thousands of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
EMA Advertisement referred to Police
The EMA earlier this year ran some newspaper ads trying to stop the changes to KiwiSaver legislation, which would have made it illegal to take account of KiwiSaver contributions in a total remuneration...
View ArticleEPMU appeal fails
National has failed in its application to judicially review the Electoral Commission’s decision to allow the EPMU to register as a third party. The decision is here –...
View ArticleA horrendous own goal
The original comments by Alasdair Thompson were unwise and stupid (and I will detail why further down) but his dual performances on TV3 are the stuff legends, or nightmares, are made of. Watch his...
View ArticleCoffin meet nail
The Herald on Sunday reports: At a dinner at McCormick & Schmick’s restaurant in Washington, Thompson approached Kelly, Street and the business leader. Thompson is alleged to have made lewd...
View ArticleThompson sacked
The NZ Herald reports: The board of the Employers and Manufacturers Association has fired the organisation’s embattled chief executive Alasdair Thompson. It is interesting that they have actually...
View ArticleArguing against your own public position
Simon Collins at NZ Herald reports: Disgraced former employers’ boss Alasdair Thompson has switched sides and is speaking up for raising the minimum wage to $18.40 an hour. Mr Thompson, 66, has...
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