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Kick the Nats Out in 2010! PDF Print E-mail
By Graham Day   
Wednesday, 02 December 2009
As the year closes and another one begins, and we rush off to the beach for our summer holidays, now is  a good time to reflect on the brief reasons why it would be good to kick the Nats out in 2010!
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Socialist Appeal opposes privatisation of ACC PDF Print E-mail
By Editorial Board   
Wednesday, 02 December 2009
The proposed opening up to competition of the ACC work account ( the part paid by employers for workplace accidents) is the first step in the privatisation of the state run accident insurance scheme.  The Minister of ACC, Nick Smith, is scaremongering when he says that the ACC scheme is financially unsustainable.  Such “smoke and mirror” statements by Nick Smith bears no serious scrutiny as the basic fact that more is collected in levies than is paid out!  To qualify this ACC has $11 billion in reserves and last year collected $1 billion more than it spent on claims.
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CTU 10th Biennial Conference Report PDF Print E-mail
By Miles Lacey   
Wednesday, 02 December 2009
The Council of Trade Unions (CTU) held its biennial conference in Wellington, New Zealand, on October 21st and 22nd, 2009.
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Labour Goes Back to “Core Values” PDF Print E-mail
By Graham Day   
Wednesday, 02 December 2009

The recent national conference of the Labour Party – held after their recent defeat in the elections – produced some interesting controversy around the question of what Labour should do if it gets back into office. The ideas of Marxism were present in the debate.

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Miners Strike PDF Print E-mail
By Socialist Appeal industrial Correspondent   
Wednesday, 02 December 2009

Up to a thousand EPMU Solid Energy miners are entering their third week of industrial action as the stand-off over negotiations over multi-employer collective agreement.

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