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Kapiti Coast District Council : When Wages Go Bad!

CEO 18.2% Pay Rise Council Workers 1.2% Pay Rise

On February 7th, 2012, about 300 protesters marched to the Kapiti Coast emergency management building after it was revealed last week that the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Kapiti Coast District Council Patrick Doherty was given a $44,000 increase in his salary.　 This generated a great deal of outrage in a local authority where approximately a third of its residents are NZ Superannuation recipients who earn around $20,235 a year [1].

Bosses Go on the Offensive : Time to Fightback

The start to 2012 has not been a dull affair as far as the class struggle is concerned. The bosses are going on the offensive to drive down wages and conditions in order to boost their profits (the unpaid labour of the working class).

Affco Meat Workers Locked Out

Affco, which is owned by the wealthy Talley family, have announced they have locked out union members at their Affco freezing works after they encountered resistance to new provisions to their collective contracts from the Meat Workers’ Union who object to the pay and working conditions being put forward by Affco management.

Support Auckland Wharfies: No to Casualisation & No to Privatisation

The Maritime Union Of New Zealand (MUNZ) is involved in a bitter dispute with Ports of Auckland (POAL) management. At the centre of the dispute is an attempt by the POAL management to bust the union and casualise the workforce, as part of a drive towards privatisation. If the POAL management succeed in busting the union it will have serious implications for all workers in New Zealand.

CMP ANZCO Rangitikei Lockout Support the Meat Workers

100 members of the Meat Workers Union are facing the Christmas holiday on the picket lines after being locked out at the Marton ANZCO Canterbury Meat Processors (CMP meatworks).

No to Austerity: Defend Union Rights

With the re-election of a National led government we will most likely see the bosses go on the offensive to further undermine workers pay and conditions, and beneficiaries entitlements . Already the National led government has signalled major legislative counter-reforms against workers, which are aimed at weakening collective bargaining and the unions ability to operate effectively. It cannot be ruled out that such measures may be rushed through parliament under urgency early in the New Year.

Of Bailouts & Fraud: The South Canterbury Finance Company Saga

On December 7th, 2011, the Serious Fraud Office announced it was laying 21 charges against five people in the failed lending company South Canterbury Finance, which came to national attention in August 2010 when the National-led government bailed out the organisation for $1.6 billion (£729 million) under the 2008 Crown Retail Deposit Scheme that was introduced by the Labour-led government shortly before their defeat in the 2008 elections to protect individual depositors in organisations such as banks and financial companies in the event they collapsed.

An Analysis of Labour's General Election Disaster

For the Labour Party the 2011 general election defeat was the worst since 1928. The main factor for this was the historic low turnout as many workers stayed at home and were not enthused enough by the right-wing leadership of the Labour party to go out and vote. The turn out was down from (what was considered then a low turnout) 79.46% at the 2008 general election to 73.83%. This was the lowest turnout since 1878!

Greek government on verge of collapse: no to national unity, for a workers government

As we write these lines the Papandreou government is staggering towards collapse. In a matter of days the whole situation has been thrown into turmoil.

Qantas Airlines dispute a sign of things to come in Australia

Facing an increasingly angry public backlash, the latest version of the industrial court used to decide labour disputes between the unions and bosses, the so-called “Fair Work Australia” court, stepped in and ordered the cessation of Qantas’ lockout of its workers and for the company to immediately resume flying.

Crisis of the euro is a crisis of capitalism the only way out is revolution

Recently Angela Merkel was warning that peace in Europe could be endangered if an agreement was not reached at the EU summit on how to manage the crisis that has engulfed the euro and the whole of the EU economy. Speaking to the German parliament she said, “No one should think that a further half century of peace and prosperity is assured. It isn't. And that's why I say if the euro fails, Europe will fail, and that mustn't happen." Some of the more serious strategists of capital have even raised the prospect that the euro could break up. The 27 EU leaders on Wednesday night, however, finally produced a three part deal.

Greece: The first death, but millions are in an all-out struggle

On Thursday in Athens during the mass workers' protests we saw the state collaborating with hooligans and provocateurs against the labour movement. What is now required is a political general strike! Here we publish a statement by the Greek Marxists of Marxistiki Foni.

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Kapiti Coast District Council : When Wages Go Bad!

Bosses Go on the Offensive : Time to Fightback

Affco Meat Workers Locked Out

Support Auckland Wharfies: No to Casualisation & No to Privatisation

CMP ANZCO Rangitikei Lockout Support the Meat Workers

No to Austerity: Defend Union Rights

Of Bailouts & Fraud: The South Canterbury Finance Company Saga

An Analysis of Labour's General Election Disaster

Greek government on verge of collapse: no to national unity, for a workers government

Qantas Airlines dispute a sign of things to come in Australia

Crisis of the euro is a crisis of capitalism the only way out is revolution

Greece: The first death, but millions are in an all-out struggle

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