Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Unions

  • Heartless government

    A few stories of recent weeks which show exactly what kind of government we have. Last August, Emma-Lita Bourne died of pneumonia because the state house her family lived in…


  • Protect Your Signature!

    There’s always something comical about American corporations’ union-busting videos. They wouldn’t be out of place in between news clips on Starship Troopers. And if you’re looking for a conspiracy theory,…


  • Send a message against zero-hour contracts

    Great news for some workers in the fast-food industry this week: Unite has now successfully negotiated for all workers at Restaurant Brands (KFC, Pizza Hutt, Starbucks and Carls Jr.) to…


  • QOTD: Supreme hubris from POAL CEO Tony Gibson

    On Q&A yesterday, Ports of Auckland CEO Tony Gibson said regarding their planned – and thoroughly rebuffed by the community – wharf extensions: “I don’t think we’re arrogant as a…


  • Tea breaks are creeping communism

    A classic National Party campaign poster did the rounds on Twitter following Farrar’s latest round of “Labour is now the extreme left” scaremongering. What’s funny is how little the right’s…