Telecom Archive

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  National XT - by frog

  
  
  
  The real reason Telecom called their new network XT? read more
  February 28, 2010 8:16 am - 8 Comments
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  Sue’s Truth: Employers on the rampage - by Sue Bradford

  
  
  
  I’m a bit late blogging my regular column in the Truth Weekender, as I’ve had other things taking up my time. But here it is: Employers all over the country are increasingly going on the offensive against workers who organise to bargain for their rights and conditions. The current state of industrial relations is typical [...] read more
  September 28, 2009 12:12 pm - 28 Comments
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  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
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  Strange saga unfolds around the Minister of Labour - by Sue Bradford

  
  
  
  Earlier this week the Minister of Labour Kate Wilkinson gave a truly bizarre reason for not meeting with the executive of the NDU (National Distribution Union): Telecom workers were on strike. Members of the NDU executive have been trying unsuccessfully to meet with the Minister for some time. The reason given for the cancellation of [...] read more
  August 27, 2009 12:54 pm - 25 Comments
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  Telecom gets Rogered - by frog

  
  
  
  Telecom has won CAFCA’s 2007 Roger Award for NZ’s worst transnational corporation. (TNC). British American Tobacco (BAT) and Spotless were tied as the runners up and the Whanganui DHB was announced the first winner of the Accomplice Award. To quote the Judges’ Statement: After looking as though the company would finally come to terms with [...] read more
  March 17, 2008 11:05 am - 16 Comments