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Overworked and underpaid: the revival of strikes in New Zealand

  • Written by Toby Boraman, Lecturer in Politics, Massey University
Overworked and underpaid: the revival of strikes in New ZealandIn July 2018, public servants went on strike to demand fair wages.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-SA

Strikes were supposedly something of the alleged “bad old days” of the 1970s. But during the first year of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Labour-led government, a strike revival ensued. At least 70,000 people, if not more, walked out last...

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