Tony Stevens is a YWRC employment advocate, and educator; with a fierce interest in democracy done right. ————————————————————————————————- If the school strikes for climate action last week are anything to go by, lowering the voting age to 16 will see […]
Tony’s Bants: Should prisoners have the right to vote?
Photo by: People Against Prisons Aotearoa What is the purpose of prison? Is it to solely to punish people who break our laws and harm other people, by taking away their freedom? Or is it to separate those people from […]
Know Your Rights: Sick Leave
Hey, it’s me, Mel! I’ve decided to do a wee blog series talking about your rights at work, how to navigate and implement your rights at work, and what to do if you feel like you’re getting a raw deal. […]
The Mind Wanders – What’s a blog without a shameless plug, right?
Part 3. by YWRC acting-Chairperson Melissa Goodman. Why the Young Workers Resource Centre (YWRC) matters to you? Because on average, one-third of your life is spent in work (and that is only accounting for paid employment, not unpaid labour). FOR […]
2019 YWRC Annual General Meeting
The time has come once again to hold our Annual General Meeting, and we would like to invite you and your partner to join us in the Waikato Trade Union Centre Hall for the AGM, followed by snacks and refreshments […]
Tony’s Bants: NZ’s Teacher “Super Strike”
Photo by: Jared Stevenson (Newshub) As the biggest strike in New Zealand history looms, a tectonic microscope is being cast over our education system. Primary and secondary teachers have voted to strike on Wednesday in an unprecedented industrial action that’s […]
The Mind Wanders – Abusing power and squashing labour
Part 2. by YWRC acting-Chairperson Melissa Goodman. I am not a blogger, nor a writer, I am just a simply activist living my life and sharing a story with you. The story is not straight forward, but it certainly has […]
The Mind Wanders – Employment Standards and Exploited Labour
Melissa Goodman is a Hamilton-local activist, and acting-Chairperson for the Young Workers Resource Centre, with a passion for social justice. I’ve worked at several places where my colleagues one by one have left for greener pastures, running from dysfunctional workplaces. […]
Tony’s Bants: Three day weekends?!
Picture this: three-day weekends for the rest of your working life. Sounds good doesn’t it? That’s what New Zealand company Perpetual Guardian is campaigning for, after trialling four-day work weeks last year. The legal services trust gave all their full-time […]
“Whatever happened to predictability? The milkman, the paperboy? Evening TV?”
Mel Martin recently voyaged across the world to San Francisco, Oakland, and the famous University of Berkeley, California to observe a Young Workers Leadership Academy hosted by the Labor Occupational Health Program. I’m not short, and I’m not particularly hairy, […]