Saturday, 17 July 2010, 11:58 am Press Release: Penny Bright
Auckland Mayoral Candidate Penny Bright Supports The Protest
To Be Held Outside The National Party Conference In Defence
Of Workers' Rights.
16 July 2010
John Key and this
National/ACT Government has attacked the democratic rights
of citizens by railroading through the $upercity legislation
to set another Rogernomic$ corporate raid on $28 billion
worth of Auckland regional public assets.
Now this
National/ACT Government is planning to attack the democratic
rights and working conditions of workers and their unions,
in another Rogernomic$ blitzkreig.
John Key will be
announcing this next Rogernomic$ attack on working people at
the National Party Conference on Sunday at the Sky City
Hotel.
I encourage as many people as possible to support
this protest outside Sky City Hotel (Main entrance 72
Victoria Street West, Auckland City) on Sunday 18th July.
10.30am.
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