Stephanie Rodgers

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

Tag: living wage

  • The shape of our new government

    So here’s what our new government promises, as reported by Stuff: Some key points from the NZF deal: – $1b per annum Regional Development Fund, ​- Re-establish the New Zealand Forestry Service…

  • The only minimum wage is a living wage

    The New Zealand government announced an increase to the minimum wage today – up to $15.75 an hour from 1 April. On Breakfast TV, MP and former tobacco lobbyist Chris…

  • 2016 local government endorsements

    UPDATED: 30/9 with Sustainable Waikato and a busload of Wellington groups! It’s that time of the election season when various groups start putting out their naughty-or-nice lists of local government…

  • Bold politics: redefining a good business model

    I’m slightly in love with this idea of Jeremy Corbyn’s: to stop companies paying dividends until they pay the people who work for them a living wage. He said in…

  • The best arguments for a living wage are its opponents

    The fundamental difference between the left and the right is that the left think people are more important than money. That statement usually raises the hackles of nice moderate rightwingers,…