Stephanie Rodgers

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

Tag: michael woodhouse

  • Hamfisted health and safety for the sake of National’s pork barrel

    I’m sorry, I simply couldn’t resist the potential for porcine punnery on this one, inspired by Bill Rosenberg’s comments on Stuff. A good headline sells a story – and that’s what…

  • Worm-related earworm of the day: Fatboy Slim

    I’ve been away for a while, folks, but had to pop back after getting this jingle stuck in my head thanks to Matt Nippert and our government’s utterly incoherent, lobbyist-driven…

  • Not the “end to zero hour contracts” you were looking for

    We have two options before us, New Zealand. Either Michael Woodhouse still hasn’t had anyone explain the difference between zero hour contracts – which are exploitative trash – and casual…

  • Michael Woodhouse: a fool or a liar?

    Over a month ago I asked what Michael Woodhouse has actually got right on employment relations in New Zealand. I don’t think it’s too much to expect the Minister of…

  • Woodhouse: tough on bad employers?

    It should be heartening to see a National Minister of Labour (sorry, “Workplace Relations and Safety”) handing out to “bad” employers some of the no-nonsense tough-talk the right usually reserves…