Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Unions

  • The challenge for women in 2017

    I was asked to speak on a panel of “Inspiring Women” with MPs Jenny Salesa and Mojo Mather (no pressure!) at the PPTA Conference on 4 March, on the topic…

  • Who wouldn’t want ambulance drivers to be safe and healthy at work?

    St John ambulance drivers aren’t asking for much: regular breaks, fair pay, and not being sent out on their own to deal with dangerous or violent patients. But that’s apparently…

  • Earworm for the day: for Helen Kelly

    When I was helping to organise the inaugural conference of E tū earlier this year, we knew we wanted to make Helen Kelly the first life member of our new union.…

  • Stopping the clock

    First up, I need to make make it clear as someone who’s spent the majority of my adult life in the movement and who still does a bit of contract…

  • 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…