By Mike Treen, Unite Union National Director A government media release on January 21 boasted that: Benefit numbers continue steady yearly decline. Social Development Minister Anne Tolley says the number of people receiving a benefit is continuing to decline year on year with a 2.5 percent drop in the number...

By Mike Treen, Unite Union National Director Today's announcement of a 50 cent increase in the minimum wage from April 1 will still mean workers unable to survive on a full-time wage and the state subsidising employers who pay low wages.  Minimum wage announcements are an entirely political process. The...

By Mike Treen, National Director of Unite Union (Reprinted from The Daily Blog) I have avoided having a crack at Andrew Little and the Labour Party’s campaign strategy until now as I thought he deserved the right to have a bit of time to establish himself and chart his own...

This week Shanna Reeder speaks to Real Choice Organiser Julia Espinoza and Unite Organiser Renee Cope about their perspective on the TPPA and we ask, Is Australia Day racist, and is Waitangi Day still relevant? 

Joe Carolan talks to Treaty rights activist Helen Te Hira, Real Choice Blockader Benjamin John and Socialist Stephen Hassan

Unite Union's Joe Carolan talks to climate activist Gary Cranston, E TU organiser Chris Rigby and the Mana Movement's Repia Trei on TPPA protests, the Paris climate talks, and the run up to Waitangi day.