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 …
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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 …
Deforestation, New Zealand Style
Ahipara, New Zealand Family vacations are wonderful things. I idealize them perhaps. After four days in Auckland and Ahipara in the “far north” of the country where we are traveling, I rated not only the trip, but the family interactions in the A+ range. In organizations there’s something called “founder’s syndrome” which speaks to many …