Jackie can’t remember the last time she and her family had a holiday or even when her and her husband spent quality time together. “Money is too tight,” she says, “As a family we are working day and night just to cover the basics.” Jackie works at a supermarket. Supermarket workers are some of the […]
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is calling on the New Zealand bus company Go Bus to unconditionally end its lockout of bus drivers for exercising their right to take action to demand a living wage. The drivers had voted to stop taking fare money from passengers to show that they cannot continue to live […]
The original plan to change the tendering process Auckland Council conducted with bus companies to win bus contracts looked like it would bring to the table a more efficient tendering process. When the NZTA ratified the Public Transport Operating Model (PTOM) in 2015 it promised an efficient and effective delivery of public transport through its […]
