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• Mark Peck & The Living Wage

  
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  Appears Mark Peck’s backer, Grant Robertson, is backing the living wage decision by the Wellington City Council. Of course these changes will be worn by the ratepayer. Local Wellington MPs, Grant Robertson and Annette King, today congratulated the Wellington City Council on its decision to become a Living Wage ...
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• GLA Conservatives Call For Minimum Wage Holiday For Small Businesses

  
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  Greater London Assembly Conservative spokesman Tony Arbour called for a minimum-wage holiday for London’s small and micro-businesses at City Hall’s Economy Committee today. The six month exemption is intended to encourage small businesses to take on staff. The GLA Conservatives believe it could be what’s needed ...
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• Thank You for the Interview

  
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  A reader writes… Hi, Anita: I was fortunate enough to land an interview at a manufacturing plant close to where I live. I am very excited about the possible opportunity to gain employment with this company and want to leave them with a lasting impression. What can I do post-interview to continue to spark their […]
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• The in box. No living wage at the high schools either.

  
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  Fred, Unfortunately the same is pretty much true at the high school level. I worked at a wealthy south suburban high school where paraprofessionals, cafeteria workers, and school secretaries were in a union. The highest IMRF pension earned is $26,995 for 35 years of service. The notable exception was an executive ...
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• Walmart Workers Call For A Living Wage, Better Work Conditions (VIDEO)

  
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  When Larry Born’s privately-owned retail business closed its doors during the recession in 2009, he sought employment at Walmart. He said he didn’t know it at the time, but he walked into a “predatory employer” that pays “slave wages.” “They use workers, then spit them out,” said Born, 54, a full-time ...
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• Only we offer well thought out, comprehensive solutions to tacking the benefits bill says Green Party

  
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  In Ed Miliband’s speech on welfare this morning, the Labour leader set out to reframe the welfare debate. He spoke of wanting to put “decent values at the heart of the system” after the Tories’ relentless attacks on so-called ‘shirkers’ but that was just hot air says the Green Party. Miliband’s actual ...
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• Ed Miliband Speech on One Nation Social Security at Newham Dockside

  
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  Yesterday I was at the Newham Council Dockside building to hear the keynote speech by Labour Leader, Ed Miliband on "One Nation Social Security" (its not to be called "welfare" anymore). The backdrop behind Ed is London City airport and (out of photo) the Tate and Lyle sugar factory. Local and London wide residents, ...
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• Chicago Workers Protest Low Wages, Treatment of McDonalds Employees On Global Day Of Action (VIDEO)

  
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  Chicago fast food workers and advocates for a living wage protested outside a downtown McDonald’s Thursday morning, demanding that the company stop mistreating its workers.  Thursday’s protest coincided with similar demonstrations at McDonalds restaurants in more than 30 countries as part of the National ...
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• Badgers, banknotes and benefits.

  
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  Copyright (c) 123RF Stock Photos Everywhere you turn these days it seems there’s a new petition, new hashtag, new cause. I’m not quite sure what this says about us, that we’re basically begging for people to listen to us, to change their behaviour, to recognise that we’re there. Perhaps it’s related to ...
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• Is Mark Peck paying his staff more now?

  
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  So, Mark Peck is standing for council in Wellington, he has Grant Robertson as his authorised person and is standing under a Labour banner all the while sharing an office that the taxpayer is funding. I just love how the left-wing rolls. Funny though, since Grant’s his electorate agent…I wonder if they have ...
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• Time to abolish benefits for the working class

  
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  Hear me out: its really simple and its really socialist (this is a positive word in my lexicon). Read this : its about the State of Californias move to fine Wal-mart $6000 per employee who uses the states minimal medical care. Its $6000 because thats how much each employee costs California. Wal-mart doesnt pay its ...
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• A case for higher living wage in Europe

  
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  What’s a living wage and how do we calculate it? This is a discussion worth having, because it is a matter of legality and respect for rights that are fundamental. The straightforward answer is that a living wage must reach at least 60% of a country’s average salary. This isn’t a random figure: the ...
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• Protests, Environmental Concerns Surround Walmart Shareholder’s Meeting

  
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  Nawal Elmilliax joins the protest against Wal-Mart in Boynton Beach, Fla., Friday, Nov 23, 2012. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter) Inspired by the freedom rides during the civil rights era, roughly 100 Wal-Mart employees have organized a caravan to company shareholders’ meeting in Bentonville, Ark., to protest low wages, ...
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• Is It Possible To Live In London On Low Income Without Benefits?

  
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  There’s a lot of talk about housing benefit claimants – well, about benefits claimants in general – and housing in London is a particularly emotive issue. We regularly see comments along the lines of ‘if you can’t afford to live in London, don’t live here’, and we started wondering if it is actually ...
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• Seattle Fast-Food Workers Join One-Day Strike Movement

  
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  Seattle fast-food workers joined a nationwide, one-day strike on Thursday, demanding a pay increase to $15 per hour and the right to form a union without fear of intimidation or retaliation from the multi-billion dollar companies that employ them. (Photo/Good Jobs Seattle) Seattle fast-food workers joined a ...
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• Congress Plaza Hotel Workers End 10-Year Strike

  
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  News links:  Chicago Tribune After 10 years of protesting outside downtown Chicago’s Congress Plaza Hotel, and earning only $200 a week, Unite Here Local 1 workers have agreed to end their strike. As of midnight Wednesday, Unite Here, the union ...
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• Reject Obamas Personal Responsibility Snake-Oil

  
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  Morehouse_president-obama-gave-the-commencement-address-at-morehouse-college.jpg by Ajamu Nangwaya In The Mind of Obama, white supremacy, sexism and capitalist exploitation are nonexistent or merely minor hurdles that can be overcome through personal responsibility and discipline. ...
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• Becoming a Living Wage City – an ambition worth having

  
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  A cleaner met me on the corridor the other day as I was leaving the office and gave me a huge hug. “Thank you, City Mayor,” she told me “that’s been the best news for years.” After I had recovered from my embarrassment, I realised what she was talking about. Salford had just introduced the full Living Wage ...
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• Call This Living?

  
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  image: Peter Galbraith (stock.xchng) Hamilton town council have jumped onto the latest trendy bandwagon and will institute a “living wage” policy over the next two years, lifting the wages of a minimum wage worker from $13.75/hr to $18.40/hr. This will cost Hamilton ratepayers a further $170,000 a year, ...
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• The living wage debate

  
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    This debate is tomorrow (Tuesday) night. James Sleep from the Campaign for a Living Wage (and the SWFU) is the guest speaker for the affirmative and Luke Malpass from the NZ Initiative is the guest speaker on the negative. Members of the debating society will also be speaking. Tags: debating , James Sleep , ...
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