Steve Maharey Supports Progressive Workers on Strike

As I watched Breakfast on TV One this morning I was disgusted to see Wayne Mapp (National Party Spokesman for Labour & Industrial Relations) giving Steve Maharey a hard time for donating $200 of his personal money to striking Progressive workers. Mapp said it is a case of a "hard left member of the Labour government allying himself to the hard left union." Mapp is trying to use this opportunity to paint Maharey as a "radical" lefty unionist and himself and the National party as the sane/pro-business alternative. Mapp looked ridiculous and petty and weak, especially as his beloved 90 day probationary period for new workers bill looks set to fail. He seems to be out of touch with the feelings of most New Zealanders who support the supermarket workers and their right to earn decent wages.
Maharey's local electorate in Palmeston North is affected by the lockout and some families have been without pay for two weeks and are struggling to feed their families. It is a good thing that Maharey is moved to help support his local electorate office, which is raising money to help the strikers' families.

You can see the TV One News story here: TV One News Story

You can read about the Greens support for the striking workers here:
Greens support Progressive boycott

Read Indymedia for on the picketline updates and news on the strike

Read about the Shelf Respect campaign


To help the campaign boycott Progressive supermarkets (Foodtown, Woolworths and countdown)

Automatically donate $20 to support striking workers by ringing 0900 LOCK OUT