http://awsm.org.nz Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:06:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Download issue in .pdf format (1.1MB) The 12th issue of Solidarity, free newssheet of the Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement. Download the .pdf above, or click below to read the contents online. Contents: Workers Rally Nationwide NZ Soldier Dies For Tyranny Abortion On Demand? Not In New Zealand Upcoming public events If you want to make sure you ... http://awsm.org.nz/?p=442 On August 31st drivers employed by Mana Coach Services went on strike at the depot outside Paraparaumu Station, an hour north of Wellington. The workers took the strike action after the company refused to budge on wage rates, despite the Tramways Union reaching a settlement of 11.5% over two years ... http://awsm.org.nz/?p=434 The untenable situation which the various communities of the Mapuche people have faced for centuries has once again reached crisis point. Mapuche political prisoners, tired and weary of violations of their rights, torture and persecution, even against minors, and excessive and arbitrary treatment by the Chilean State and Judiciary, took the ... http://awsm.org.nz/?p=430 Billed by the Council of Trade Unions (CTU) as a celebration of 'Fairness at Work', the Auckland rally on Saturday August 21st attracted over 1000 workers, though most weren't there to celebrate. There was the inevitable brown nosing of the Labour Party as CTU President Helen Kelly gave a shout ... http://awsm.org.nz/?p=420 On Saturday August 21st, there will be nationwide rallies organised by the Council of Trade Unions against the Government's proposed changes to employment laws. Auckland: 1pm, QE2 Square (bottom of Queen St, opposite Britomart) Wellington: 1pm, Civic Square Christchurch: 1pm, Cathedral Square Dunedin: 11am, Sunday 22nd August, Assemble at Dental School, Great King Street, ... http://awsm.org.nz/?p=414 Download issue in .pdf format (1.1MB) The eleventh issue of Solidarity, free newssheet of the Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement. Download the .pdf above, or click below to read the contents online. Contents: The Fightback Begins Beneficiaries Burn Bennet In Rotorua Workers Set To Face More Attacks On Pulling Sickies Upcoming public events If you want to make sure ... http://awsm.org.nz/?p=409 Just like in 1991, National is attacking both the waged and unwaged wings of the working class at the same time. We interviewed Paul Blair of the Rotorua Welfare Action Group about their response to National’s assault on beneficiaries (for example, by cutting emergency benefits and forcing many sickness and ... http://awsm.org.nz/?p=405 The National Government recently announced a series of new attacks on workers across New Zealand. The raft of proposed changes to the anti-worker Employment Relations Act (ERA, brought in by the previous Labour Government in 2000) and the Holidays Act will serve to further cut job security, wages and conditions ... http://awsm.org.nz/?p=403 An AWSM member recently conducted an interview with the Zwiazek Syndykalistow Polski (ZSP), an anarchosyndicalist union based in Poland, about their activities and the class struggle in Poland. The ZSP is an anarchosyndicalist union in Poland. Can you tell us a bit about it, when did it form and has there ... http://awsm.org.nz/?p=393 A world without prisons: Public discussion 7pm, August 4th Thistle Hall, 293 Cuba Street (Entrance on Arthur St side) You are warmly welcomed to join the Wellington Anarchist Black Cross and the Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement for a discussion about abolishing prisons. We invite you to bring along your ideas and experience ... http://awsm.org.nz/?p=387