Stephanie Rodgers

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

Tag: gender pay

  • Discrimination isn’t accidental

    This is probably not surprising to any women who are in academia: New research show there’s a considerable gap between men and women when it comes to being promoted to…

  • 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 myth of hiring on merit: James Shaw at the CTU conference

    Green co-leader James Shaw announced at the CTU conference last week that in any future government, when the Greens are at the Cabinet table, at least half of their seats…

  • What do you earn?

    Helen Kelly linked to an advice column in the Herald which suggests that while it’s perfectly okay to ask people how much they paid for their house, it’s a no-no…

  • Midwives deserve equal pay

    It’s another one of those less-easy-to-grasp pay equity cases: the College of Midwives has filed a discrimination suit on the basis that midwives aren’t paid as well as equivalently-skilled/trained/responsible workers…