Stephanie Rodgers

Feminist, leftie, green māmā from Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Category: Industrial relations

  • Building a mass movement

    [Content note: mentions of transphobia, sexual violence and violence against people of colour] This was a line of thought which fell out of yesterday’s post, but that was getting quite…

  • AFFCO, t-shirts, and the “jobs jobs jobs” mantra

    Talley’s AFFCO have literally stood down five people from going to work wearing union t-shirts: AFFCO said the t-shirts, with the slogan ‘Jobs that count’ on the front and ‘Meat…

  • The people win against Talleys

    Congratulations to the members of the Meat Workers Union who have won in court against New Zealand’s most douchebaggy of employers, Talley’s. The Court unanimously decided that the lockout of…

  • Being a both/and party

    The fantastic Maryan Street was awarded life membership at the Labour Party annual conference yesterday, and in her speech she said some things which really rang true for me. She…

  • Earworms for the weekend: Labour Day

    Here’s a lucky dip of good tunes, some repeats, to take you through the long weekend. Stand tall, comrades! (More industrial action should be resolved via pinball contest.)