Auckland Talking to union members, organizers, and activists in New Zealand, one thing many of them mentioned as a bright, shining spot has been the progress of the Living Wage Movement throughout the country. The national mandatory minimum wage is $16.50 NZ per hour, and the living wage number this fall is going to be …
Month: August 2018
Good Spirits at the Auckland Trades Hall for “The Organizer”
Auckland How many times do we get to travel most of the way around the world? If lucky, as I have been in life and work, sometimes, but it’s still rare, so it was a gift to hear from Mat Danaher that he was now living and, even better, working in New Zealand. I knew …
Finally, South Carolina Finally Cracking Down on Electric Coop Abuses
Kawakawa A couple of years ago after extensive research Social Policy published two extensive studies focusing on rural electric cooperatives in all of the southern states and their lack of diversity and democracy. We didn’t throw the rock and hide the hand. Labor Neighbor Research & Training Center and its Rural Power Project sent a …