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Hubbard, James, 1949- :"Employment numbers are under control..." 4 August 2011
Date: 2011
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
By: New Zealand Press Association
Reference: DCDL-0018508
Description: The cartoon shows Paula Bennett, Minister for Social Development. She says 'Employment numbers are under control... indicators and aims are improving!.' For her pains she gets an egg representing 'IRD cuts' in the eye and another egg representing 'Govt. dept. downsizing' flies towards the other eye. Context: Seek New Zealand says that the steady rise in jobs over the past 12 months points to a robust labour market, increased hiring intentions and more opportunities for job seekers.(money.msn.co.nz) The Council of Trade Unions said it was a "jobless recovery" despite a rise in the economy in the six months to March. Unemployment was not falling despite tentative growth after the recession and youth unemployment remained high at 27.6 per cent, CTU secretary Peter Conway said. (Waikato Times 5 August 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Hubbard, James, 1949- :"Govt has a plan to get you out of there and into the job market...
Date: 2011
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
By: New Zealand Press Association
Reference: DCDL-0018234
Description: In the first of two frames Minister of Social Development, Paula Bennett, peers down at a woman and two children in a hole in the ground that represents 'single mums' and says 'Govt has a plan to get you out of there and into the job market!' In the second frame the single mum finds herself in another hole that represents the 'job market' and she looks very bewildered. Context: Social Development minister, Paula Bennett, confirmed that ministers were looking at sending mothers into work or training when their infant reaches a year old. (Stuff, 5 June 2011) The problem is that jobs are hard to get in the current economic environment. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Hubbard, James, 1949- :"Where are the 170,000 jobs promised in the budget?" 12 June 2011
Date: 2011
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
By: New Zealand Press Association
Reference: DCDL-0018085
Description: The Acting Economic Development Minister, David Carter, sits at a meeting of a select committee on unemployment and job creation. Someone else at the table reads a newspaper that says 'Kiwirail outsources & cuts Kiwi jobs'. Another person asks 'Where are the 170,000 jobs promised in the budget?' and David Carter replies 'Well South Korea of course!!' Context - Between 40 and 44 jobs have been axed at KiwiRail's Hillside workshop in Dunedin. Thirty workers at the Woburn workshop in Lower Hutt were also expected to be made redundant. Railway workers say they plan to picket the arrival of Chinese-made railway wagons in Tauranga next week, protesting the loss of jobs in Dunedin and Lower Hutt. (www.stuff.co.nz, 14 June 2011 and 5 July 2011) New Zealand is outsourcing jobs to many different countries, Manila, South Korea, India, China... The government announced in the May Budget that the economy will create up to 170,000 new jobs over the next four years. (Source: TVNZ May 19 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).