February 23, 2010

Roger Douglas youth rates bill an attack on workers

The Mari­time Uni­on of New Zea­l­and has poured scorn on a bill intro­duced to Par­lia­ment by ACT MP Roger Douglas to rein­tro­duce youth rates.
The Min­im­um Wage (Mit­ig­a­tion of Youth Unem­ploy­ment) Amend­ment Bill was drawn from the Mem­bers’ bills bal­lot yes­ter­day, and the Uni­on is urging the Gov­ern­ment to dis­tance itself from it.

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