Gordon Campbell: Gordon Campbell On Why Workers Get Treated As Disposable

National is willing to waste time and money on supporting Act's Treaty Bill's first reading and sending it to a select committee – where more time and money will be wasted on public submissions and on committee hearings that are bound to receive saturation media coverage. Also, the workplace is not a venue where New Zealand tends to shine. Compared to other developed countries, we have a terrible workplace record of death, injury and work-related illness. The extent of migrant labour exploitation also contradicts our self-image as a country willing to offer fair pay for a hard day's work.