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South Asia Media Solidarity Network Bulletin - October 2013

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:02:07 +1300 | International Federation of Journalists

Welcome to the e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) for the month of October 2013. The next bulletin will be sent on November 15, 2013, and inputs are most welcome.More >>

IFJ condemns Philippine’s journalist accreditation scheme

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:57:39 +1300 | International Federation of Journalists

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins with its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) in condemning House Bill 2550, the misnamed “Magna Carta for Journalists”, which seeks to impose an accreditation ...More >>

Actor Promotion and Temp HR Agency Launches in Australia

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:16:43 +1300 | ActionActors

A unique temp HR agency for actors is set to launch across the ditch in Australia after just two successful years in New Zealand. More >>

Price increases hitting low incomes and people in Canterbury

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:22:21 +1300 | Council of Trade Unions

“The sharp increase in the CPI this quarter, bringing it to a 1.4 percent increase for the year, is mainly in areas that hurt lower income families. In addition people in Canterbury are particularly hard hit”, says Bill Rosenberg, CTU economist.More >>

New Zealander Becomes Global Removal Chief

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:21:01 +1300 | Inspire Group

New Zealander Becomes Global Removal Chief October 16, 2013 A New Zealander has been appointed to the prestigious position of President of the FIDI Global Alliance. The Alliance, whose head office is based in Belgium, is the global body that comprises ...More >>

Slavery Was Believed Permanent Longer Than War Has Been

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:19:00 +1300 | David Swanson

In the late eighteenth century the majority of people alive on earth were held in slavery or serfdom (three-quarters of the earth's population, in fact, according to the Encyclopedia of Human Rights from Oxford University Press).More >>

Beneficiaries seek out emerging jobs

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:01:24 +1300 | New Zealand Government

More than 700 beneficiaries have sought out and landed jobs despite having no requirement to work since the new Work Bonus became available. More >>

10,000 Gaza workers laid off due to tightened blockade

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:06:54 +1300 | Alray Media Agency

The Palestinian government said 10 thousand workers have joined the unemployed after construction materials stopped to flow through the underground tunnels along the Egyptian border.More >>

Union gobsmacked by Air New Zealand’s brazenness

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 14:49:22 +1300 | EPMU

It defies belief that Air New Zealand is applying to employ aircraft engineers from overseas, only a week after its subsidiary Safe Air announced that it has to let 69 workers go and it proposes to lay another 190 off in Auckland due to a lack of ...More >>

New Zealand’s economic recovery fuels jobs growth momentum

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 13:53:16 +1300 | Hays

Quantity Surveyors, Senior Management Accountants and G&B Line Mechanics are just three of the professionals sought by employers as the New Zealand economy bounces back from the earthquakes that shook the country’s second city of Christchurch ...More >>

Not Enough Done To Reintegrate Victims of Human Trafficking

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:32:00 +1300 | UN News

Although human trafficking is recognized as modern-day slavery, many victims of the scourge in the Greater Mekong Sub-region of South-East Asia are not given adequate help for reintegration into their communities, according to a United Nations-backed ...More >>

180,000 work-related injury claims in 2012

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:47:15 +1300 | Statistics New Zealand

In 2012, 180,000 claims were made for a work-related injury in New Zealand to the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>

Graduates: Create Your Own Job

Mon, 14 Oct 2013 16:21:05 +1300 | Ron McGowan

The biggest mistake graduates make in their search for employment is putting all their eggs in the traditional job basket. Their assumption is that someone will offer them a job, and when that doesn’t happen, they end up unemployed, or underemployed. ...More >>

Statement at International Monetary and Financial Committee

Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:46:20 +1300 | US State Department

Five years ago, the world economy was faced with a devastating crisis. Together, our countries committed to and implemented a swift and aggressive emergency response that helped calm financial markets, repair and reform our financial systems, and ...More >>

Silver Fern Farms Chairman to retire at End of term

Mon, 14 Oct 2013 14:57:51 +1300 | Silver Fern Farms

Silver Fern Farms Chairman Eoin Garden is not seeking re-election to the Board of Silver Fern Farms in the forthcoming election. In his 6 years as Chairman and 10 years as a Director he has seen significant changes in the company’s strategy – ...More >>

Census shows regional exodus under Nats

Mon, 14 Oct 2013 14:14:44 +1300 | New Zealand Labour Party

Census data being released tomorrow will depict a widespread exodus from the regions as provincial New Zealanders flee small towns forgotten by the National Government, Labour Leader and Regional Development spokesperson David Cunliffe says.More >>

Robert Harvey promoted to CEO of Aegis Media New Zealand

Mon, 14 Oct 2013 12:36:56 +1300 | Aegis

Robert Harvey has been promoted to the newly created role of CEO of Aegis Media New Zealand, providing leadership to Aegis Media’s eight agencies and more than 80 staff in New Zealand. Rob will continue to report to Aegis Media ANZ CEO Luke Littlefield.More >>