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Justice for Jackie Lang, sacked Subway worker
Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 12:35 am | Workers Charter
Workers Charter, a network of left wing trade unionists and activists, are calling for a protest this Saturday for Jackie Lang, a worker sacked for sharing a $4 cup of Coca-Cola. More >>
Workers Charter Supports Zimbabwe's Freedom Fight
Thursday, 19 April 2007, 1:44 pm | Workers Charter
Two weeks ago, on April 3rd and 4th, Zimbabwe was rocked by a General strike, as the urban movement of the working poor stood up against the vicious repression of Robert Mugabe's dictatorship. Many democracy and union activists have been beaten, ... More >>
Public Meeting to Kill 'Sack at Will' Bill
Monday, 24 July 2006, 2:24 pm | Workers Charter
National MP Wayne Mapp's bill to strip workers of all rights for the first 90 days on the job is causing outrage up and down the country. But politicians are still dithering on whether to let it through. More >>
Overseas Speakers
Thursday, 12 January 2006, 11:46 am | Workers Charter
Two important meetings are coming up in Auckland over the next week which feature overseas speakers: The rise of Respect How Britain's far-left coalition Respect won a parliamentary seat; The WTO Sham Asian people fight back against trade threats ... More >>
Pay rise 'insult to minimum wage workers'
Thursday, 22 December 2005, 11:05 am | Workers Charter
The Workers Charter calls the 75 cents increase "an insult to minimum wage workers", saying that "anything less than $12 an hour is a poverty wage, pure and simple". More >>
Workers Charter Campaign Meetings Wgtn & P North
Friday, 25 November 2005, 8:42 am | Workers Charter
First Campaign Meetings The first campaign meetings to promote the Workers Charter are being held this coming weekend in Wellington and Palmerston North. More >>
Workers Charter - Campaign Meetings Wgtn & P-Nrth
Monday, 21 November 2005, 9:58 am | Workers Charter
The first campaign meetings to promote the Workers Charter are being held this coming weekend in Wellington and Palmerston North. More >>
Workers Charter New Political Developments on Left
Monday, 17 October 2005, 8:44 am | Workers Charter
A conference to establish a national campaign in support of a Workers Charter is being held in Auckland on the Saturday of Labour Weekend – 22nd October. More >>
Workers' Ballot on Election Day
Thursday, 15 September 2005, 2:57 pm | Workers Charter
At our Supersize My Pay picket outside McDonalds, a low-wage corporation, Workers Charter will be balloting passersby on whether or not they support a minimum wage of $12ph and the abolition of youth rates. More >>
'Finger Lickin' Greed' challenged by workers' mvmt
Tuesday, 13 September 2005, 3:21 pm | Workers Charter
"KFC's Across the Nation, Finger Lickin' Greed & Exploitation." This and other chants rang out at the KFC store in Balmoral, Auckland, on Saturday 10th September. More >>