The Public Service Association has leveraged the 100th anniversary of the Public Service Act to whine about the loss of 3000 public sector jobs in the past few years. PSA National Secretary Brenda Pilot says there are still tough times ahead for the sector with a further $1 billion to be cut from departmental budgets newzealandinc.com challenges Ms Pilot to …

Youth organisation Generation Zero is urging Peter Dunne to use his one-vote majority to be a climate hero when the Government’s Bill to amend the Emissions Trading Scheme has its last session of Parliamentary debate this evening. The lobby group claims the “world is watching and they are not impressed”! Generation Zero is calling for him to at least support …

On the day Fisher and Paykel was sold overseas Rakon outsourced high-paying jobs to Asia, marking a dark day for Kiwi high-tech manufacturing, says Labour’s Economic Development spokesperson David Cunliffe. “Today New Zealand technology manufacturing lost an icon and 60 good jobs overseas. It’s a dark day for high-tech manufacturing and exports in New Zealand. “New Zealand has lost an …