Plain old fairness
I’ve been thinking a lot about the Government’s proposed new Labour laws. And why they are being introduced. There’s no evidence, other than anectodal, from employers to change the way sick days are...
View ArticleGood managers don’t need an unfair law
Methodist Mission Dunedin has called on Otago’s biggest employers to make a decision not to put new workers on a 90 day trial. The Mission wants the University of Otago, Southern District Health Board...
View ArticleIts bigger than all of us
Labour’s list for the 2011 election has been finalised. It is a great mix of current MPs and new faces. Labour takes seriously its constitutional commitment to produce a list that gives representation...
View ArticleMore support for #ownourfuture
Support continues to roll in for Labour’s plan to own our future and make sure everyone contributes their fair share to the society that they live in, and some of it comes from some pretty unlikely...
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Pulling the threads together
In 2011, Red Alert has done a few new things. One of them is to introduce you to some new Labour candidates who will do the occasional guest post. This gives them the opportunity to put forward some...
View ArticleCrossing the line
Popularity and power go together. I think we all know it. Whether it’s in the school playground, the boardroom, the big screen or the bear pit of parliament. If you have the gift of the gab and a...
View ArticleWhere are the wise heads?
Martyn Bomber Bradbury has been banned from Radio NZ for criticising John Key. Media Watch (about 26 mins into the programme) this morning confirmed the was banned for an unacceptable breach of Radio...
View ArticleOn Fairness and Courage
As the excited crowd left the public gallery of Parliament on Wednesday evening, the Speaker had to pause the business of the House. There was a buzz in the air following the vote on Louisa Wall’s...
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