jobs Archive

  • frog

    Infographic – jobs in manufacturing vs mining - by frog



    One of these industries is shedding thousands of jobs, urging the Government to help, and being ignored. One of these industries is jobs-poor, urging the Government to back it, and being listened to. How about this instead? read more
    February 1, 2013 4:26 pm - 15 Comments
  • Kennedy Graham

    How many jobs will oil and gas bring NZ? - by Kennedy Graham



    On Tuesday the Government released the final version of its backwards-looking energy strategy. Of passing note is the removal of any overt reference to lignite coal.  Of course bioenergy could be code for it, or ‘alternative transport fuels’ (the Energy Outlook 2010 specifically cites lignite diesel as an alternative transport fuel with potential.) But basically [...] read more
    September 1, 2011 12:30 pm - 24 Comments
  • Keith Locke

    Laid-off defence staff need special consideration - by Keith Locke



    The Defence Force has put an overly positive spin on the laying off of 308 members of the armed forces whose jobs are being “civilianized”. While recognizing it is “a difficult day for the Defence Force” Lt Gen Rhys Jones claims that those laid off “will welcome the decision” if they have “registered their interest [...] read more
    June 29, 2011 2:57 pm - 3 Comments
  • Catherine Delahunty

    Job creation and welfare policies are failing - by Catherine Delahunty



    Most people spend less than a year on a benefit and use that time to rebuild their lives and education. The few who abuse the system pale into insignificance against losses from failed investment companies, tax evaders and corporate fraudsters. read more
    May 7, 2010 12:13 pm - 27 Comments
  • frog

    Hugging trees: with a spade, trap and chainsaw - by frog



    A Wellington couple, entreprenuerial tree-huggers if you wish, criticise Fed Farmer’s head-in-the-sand attitude on climate change in the Nelson Mail today. They’ve invested in carbon farming a 47ha block of marginal land in Golden Bay. Jonathan Kennett and Bronwen Wall aren’t wringing their hands or seeking emissions subsidy handouts; they’re getting their hands dirty planting [...] read more
    December 2, 2009 1:16 pm - No Comments
  • frog

    Telecom’s great wealth transfer - by frog



    The 2025 Taskforce need to spend less time pondering digging up the Doc estate and more time looking at how Australian workers enjoy better workplace protections than their New Zealand counterparts – especially during the 1990s when Australian workers pulled far in front of their New Zealand counterparts. read more
    September 2, 2009 1:41 pm - 32 Comments
  • Sue Bradford

    Bradford’s Truth – Whose country is it? NZ for sale – again - by Sue Bradford



    My regular New Zealand Truth column this week focuses on changes to overseas investment rules, and their threat to our national sovereignty: Finance Minister Bill English is dead set on making it easier for overseas investors to buy our land and assets, and last week announced a series of changes to rules around foreign investment. [...] read more
    July 29, 2009 5:42 pm - 53 Comments
  • frog

    Two Reasons to Vote Green - by frog



    Except for the funny accent and that fact that we’re not part of the EU, this could just as easily be a video to support our very own Green New Deal and Green Stimulus Package right here in New Zealand. If I were Irish, I know how I’d be voting this year! read more
    June 3, 2009 10:54 am - 60 Comments
  • Sue Bradford

    Banks should be expected to do their bit on jobs - by Sue Bradford



    Yesterday I hosted the launch at Parliament of a petition signed by 10,500 New Zealanders calling on the Government to protect jobs in the NZ banking sector. The Green Party, the bank workers’ union Finsec – and the signatories to the petition -  believe that in return for the massive support the NZ taxpayer is [...] read more
    May 6, 2009 7:50 am - 45 Comments
  • frog

    Job Summit & The Green New Deal - by frog



    Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman talks about today’s Jobs Summit, jobs in general and the Green New Deal. read more
    February 27, 2009 1:42 pm - 17 Comments
  • frog

    Back Benches Job Summit special - by frog



    Last night, Back Benches broke with convention and invited more than just politicians, adding Charles Finny of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce and Phil O’Rielly from Business NZ to the conversation. Politicos included our very own Sue Bradford and Labour’s Trevor Mallard. The topic on tap was JOBS. The jobs summit, the global recession and [...] read more
    February 26, 2009 12:30 pm - 18 Comments
  • frog

    Obama: the days of building sprawl forever are over - by frog



    President Obama summed up the Green party position on transport pretty well during a press conference in Florida yesterday. (at minute 55) I would like for us to invest in mass transit because potentially that’s energy efficient. And I think people are a lot more open now to thinking regionally… The days where we’re just [...] read more
    February 12, 2009 10:24 am - 72 Comments
  • frog

    Irish government unveils insulation scheme - by frog



    While our government prevaricates and even cancels our shovel ready Green Homes Insulation fund, the Australians and the Irish have announced ambitious plans of their own. The Irish Times reported today: HOW TO cut heating bills, reduce carbon emissions and create thousands of jobs in the construction sector in the process? The Government, through its [...] read more
    February 10, 2009 5:08 pm - 17 Comments
  • frog

    Stimulus Reality: Spending creates VASTLY more jobs than tax cuts - by frog



    That is the title of a very thought provoking post over at OpenLeft. The author, Paul Rosenburg, takes data from Moody’s economy.com and combines it with research from the Center for Economic Policy and Research to create the following chart: It lends credence to Treasury’s call for tax cut’s to be delayed or reduced if [...] read more
    February 9, 2009 1:59 pm - 10 Comments
  • frog

    Recession-proofing our jobs - by frog



    Tradestaff recruitment agency has identified the top five recession-proof jobs with high earning potential in New Zealand at the moment.  You won’t be surprised to know Member of Parliament is not on the list. Instead you are recommended to become a wallpaper hanger, roading engineer, dairy farm worker/share milker, I.T engineer or plumber. Personally I [...] read more
    September 4, 2008 1:47 pm - 5 Comments
  • frog

    ANZ National bank data heading offshore - by frog



    Yesterday responses to the ANZ National announcement to send hundreds of call centre jobs offshore to Bangalore focused tightly on the impact of the workers.  And rightly so. It was sick day for New Zealand workers with Fisher and Paykel and Tamahine knitwear making similar announcements. To me the ANZ National announcement is the most [...] read more
    April 18, 2008 10:02 am - 23 Comments
  • frog

    62,000 jobs or trade with China - by frog



    The latest statistics from our Overseas Merchandise Trade show that last year we exported $2.0 billion dollars worth of stuff to China. But we imported $5.6 billion dollars worth of stuff. That’s a total trade deficit of $3.6 billion with China alone (our trade deficit with the rest of the world tells a similar story) [...] read more
    March 24, 2008 1:19 pm - 28 Comments