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"I love your non-unionised work-force" 29/30 October 2010
- Date
- 2010
- Reference
- DCDL-0015963
- Description
The cartoon shows a hellish industrial scene with hundreds of workers labouring in underground caves beneath a tall tower that shows a faint resemblance to the Beehive and with smoke billowing into the sky from cracks in the desolate earth as far as the eye can see. Prime Minister John Key stands with the wizard Gandalf from the Lord of the Rings saga watching the scene and comments that he loves Gandalf's non-unionised workforce. Refers to the dispute between Warner Brothers, represented by Peter Jackson, and NZ Actors Equity over a union demand for negotiations over the terms and conditions offered in the contracts for actors and others working on the film that very nearly caused the film to be made somewhere else. The battle, which has been resolved successfully after meetings between PM John Key and Warner Brothers representatives, divided New Zealanders. The government agreed to amend the country's labour laws and offered a $25m tax break to the Hollywood studio Warner Bros.
Published in the Listener
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- Part of
- Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly / Slane, Christopher, 1957-:[Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly]
- Format
- 1 digital cartoon(s), Works of art, Digital images, Cartoons (Commentary)
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"I love your non-unionised work-force" 29/30 October 2010. Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly. Ref: DCDL-0015963. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22316421More information can be found in our terms of use.