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URGENT UPDATE: March for Gaza | Justice for Palestine Where: Civic Square When: The 27th of January at 2pm What: Justice for Palestine are holding a march in solidarity with Palestinian people and against US-Backed (and, with the government's recent announcement of its intentions to militarily aid the bombing of Yemen, NZ-Condoned and Supported) Genocide of Palestinians by the Israeli apartheid regime. Protestors will convene in Civic Square before marching to Parliament. Justice for Palestine's facebook event for the protest can be found here https://fb.me/e/4buYwPWSB Protest in Solidarity with ELE Migrant workers | FIRST Union and Migrant Action Trust Where: Outside the Philippine embassy, 50 Hobson Street, Thorndon, Wellington. When: The 19th of January at 12pm What: A protest led by FIRST Union and the Migrant Action Trust (MAT), calling for the protection and fair treatment of as many as 500 migrant worker from the Philippines on temporary work visas who the ELE group kicked to the curb during mass layoffs right before Christmas as part of its going into receivership. The Union and MAT are calling for both NZ and the Philippines' governments to do more for these workers, who are having to suffer and face being thrown out of the country while the bosses will see virtually no consequence themselves for their business failures. They are also calling on the Deloitte company to pay the workers the final pay and annual leave entitlements that they are owed. For more information, you can have a look at the facebook event page here: https://fb.me/e/7Wd2wRloe And a release from the protest organisers can be read here: 
Public Meeting on Water and Asset Sales | Wellington Residents’ Coalition Where: Newtown Hall, on the Corner of Constable and Daniell Streets When: Sunday, the 28th of January at 2pm. What: A public meeting on Councillors’ ongoing plans to install water meters and require Wellingtonians to pay for water by volume, and on municipal asset sales. In a flier linked below, the Wellington Residents’ Coalition describe by-volume bills as a kind of local neoliberalism. One which, in the name of fixing the problems with our broken water infrastructure, will disproportionately and punitively affect Wellington’s poorest residents while doing little to actually address the issue. The Residents’ Coalition want to host a discussion on what can be done to oppose what they see as an attack on “our last little bit of socialism.” Read a PDF copy of their flier here:
Pukehīnau/Lambton Ward by-Election Forum | Unions Wellington Where: Bedlam and Squalor, 13 Garrett St When: Wednesday, the 31st of January at 6pm What: Unions Wellington are hosting a forum on the Pukehīnau/Lambton ward local council by-election, following the resignation of the seat by now-MP Tamantha Paul. As a Unions Wellington-hosted event, the forum will be an opportunity to question candidates from a trade unionist and working class perspective, something which doesn’t always take place in local politics’ usual attempts to appeal to property-owning ratepayers. For more information, have a look at the facebook event page: https://fb.me/e/395rLvmvY Comments are closed.
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