Not too late to save Hillside if the political will is there
The Alliance Party is appalled but unsurprised at KiwiRail’s announcement that they are to close Dunedin’s Hillside Workshops, making 90 workers redundant. “We don’t accept this decision,” says...
View ArticleKiwiRail’s own figures show Hillside closure a political decision
The Alliance Party says the announced closure of Hillside railway workshops cannot be justified on cost grounds at the same time as KiwiRail is pumping cash into corporate salaries. Alliance Party...
View ArticleA Solid Look at SOEs
Solid Energy is going down the gurgler, NZ Post is trying to get out of delivering mail, KiwiRail is closing railway lines and ordering all its new stock from offshore, and Mighty River Power is...
View ArticlePicking Winners is For Losers
There has been very little constructive debate on the value to New Zealanders of the government’s $40 million odd dollar contribution to the recent America’s Cup campaign and plans to sink more money...
View ArticleBeneficiary Bashing – Are NZ Voters Smart Enough To See Through It?
Paula Bennett’s press release this week has sparked fears that the elections will descend into a beneficiary-bashing fest. New Zealand was one of the first countries to embrace a social welfare system...
View ArticleWhat’s Cooking in Our Hospital Kitchens?
What’s cooking in our hospital kitchens? Not much if Compass Group has anything to do with it. Compass Group has convinced the now-disbanded crown entity, Health Benefits Ltd, that outsourcing hospital...
View ArticleThe Corporate Con
Most of our elected officials want to do the right thing. They want everyone to have a reasonable standard of living. But they are being led astray. Corporate heads tell our politicians that they can...
View ArticleJust Numbers On A Spreadsheet
Giant US-based food processing company Mondelez announced on Thursday that it plans to close its confectionery-making plant ‘Cadbury’ in Dunedin at the end of the year, leaving over 350 workers without...
View ArticleWe Don’t Need Mondelez, Mondelez Needs Us
When Kraft, parent company of Mondelez, staged a hostile takeover of Cadbury in 2009, it was not interested in Cadbury’s factories. Factories are two a penny. What it was after was the brand, and with...
View ArticleMondelez – The Good News And The Bad News
The good news is that Mondelez International (which owns, amongst many things, Cadbury in Dunedin) reported a first quarter 2017 operating profit of 39.4%. It is paying out a quarterly dividend of...
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