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 […]
“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, […]
Tony’s Bants: Nine things to do when starting a new job
Ask for the pay rate Technically this belongs to the job interview stage but its important to emphasize how important this is. So many people are too intimidated or shy to ask how much they are going to be paid […]
Tony’s Bants: The machines are coming…
Robots taking over human society has long been fodder for dystopian sci-fi movies like Terminator, The Matrix, I Robot, and Westworld. These stories are so compelling in part because of the real possibility that it could happen. What if I […]
Tony’s Bants: Hiring young people
Hiring young people is an investment. There is a science behind managing young workers and many employers don’t put in the effort. But those that do have a powerful opportunity to develop the future of their business. Recently Massey University […]