Alisa Freedman University of Oregon Alisa Freedman is a Professor of Japanese Literature, Cultural Studies, and Gender at the University of Oregon and Editor-in-Chief of the U.S.-Japan Women’s Journal. See a container of Cup Noodles at a convenience store and you might think of dorm rooms and
Family First The Don’t Divide Us.nz campaign, which presented a petition to Parliament last month with 87,269 signatures, is calling on the Government to ditch the divisive ‘no jab no job’ policy and allow for the use of COVID rapid antigen testing as an alternative for unvaccinated
It started with bus drivers. We couldn’t get bus drivers for love or money. Most people saw bus driving as an undesirable job; poor pay, split shifts and unsociable hours. People don’t want to be bus drivers, but they do want buses. Therein lies the problem. Then along
Margaret Menge thecentersquare.com The head of Indianapolis-based insurance company OneAmerica said the death rate is up a stunning 40% from pre-pandemic levels among working-age people. “We are seeing, right now, the highest death rates we have seen in the history of this business – not just at OneAmerica,” the company’
For all the people complaining about mandates here are a few thoughts: 1) ACTs position is that people should be able to choose what goes on their property, so we believe the Government’s policy is wrong. We laid this out in October. 2) Under ACTs policy, most businesses would
Today’s example from New Zealand is a discriminatory and racist job advertisement. Let’s highlight the racism and discrimination inside New Zealand together because it is NOT OK! There is NOTHING positive about discrimination. If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top
Steve Oliver from Oliver MMA HQ updates us on the fine they received from Police and what their next steps are – this was filmed the day before Christmas and incredibly in just 1 day they raised the money they needed to take their fight to court. I am a big
Dear Editor Hi there I just read the article about the Oliver MMA business. I have sent the business the below link, which is an interview with Auckland lawyer Liz Lambert discussing how Work Safe have no authority to impose fines, and that the mandate regulations have Clause 9 that
Nobody Interesting As someone who has clocked up over 300,000 km in diesel 4×4 utes, it pains me to note that I now drive an electric vehicle. There was only limited choice in this transition, as the EV-as-company-policy came with the new job. A ute was simply not
Today’s face of the day has been fined $12,000 for refusing to discriminate against his unvaccinated employees as he was ordered to do by an unjust law issued by Jacinda Ardern’s Apartheid creating government. It is not morally acceptable to create two classes of citizens and to
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com World-wide the hospitality industry is in crisis as following the lockdown waiting staff reconsidered their lives and opted for more orthodox working hours employment. As social drinking and dining out is now so much part of modern existence this situation is alarming. However, there’s
It is very strange the way the whole world seems to be having exactly the same problems at the moment. There’s the pandemic obviously, but also, all countries seem to be struggling with inflation, shortages of various items, supply chain issues and staff shortages. Inflation is easy to explain;
Eric Smalley The Conversation Eric has over 30 years of experience as a science and technology reporter and editor. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe, CNet, Discover, Nature, Science, Scientific American, and Wired. Eric co-founded and edited Technology Research News, a weekly online news publication that covered university
Are Australia’s big employers the laziest and greediest in the world? I mean, at least farmers exploiting migrant labour in the US bother to drive their trucks down to the border to pick up a load of wetback wage-slaves. Australia’s lot expect the cheap foreign labour to come
