Wages - Youth

Date: [ca 1975-1985]

From: New Zealand Council of Trade Unions :Photographs

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Kerr, Robert Edward, 1951-; Preston, Gaylene Mary, 1947-

Reference: PAColl-10045-4

Description: Photographs relating to the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, ca 1980-2008. Identified photographers include Bob Kerr, Gaylene Preston, and the Evening Post newspaper. - Contains contact sheets relating to the New Zealand Labour Party Conference in 1983. Identified figures include: Stan Rodger, Michael Bassett, Helen Clark, Margaret Wilson, Helene Ritchie, David Caygill, David Lange, Geoffrey Palmer, Richard Northy, Trevor de Cleene, Eddie Isbey, Frank O'Flynn, Dover Samuels, Jim Knox, Roger Douglas, Margaret Sheilds, Margaret Austin, and [Mike Williams?]. The series also features: Lange and Palmer speaking at the Federation of Labour conference in 1984; Ormond Wilson, photographed in his home on Hill Street ca 1983; and Fran Wilde and Jim Kebbell in a yacht protesting the visit of the USS Truxtun to Wellington as well as portraits of Tala [Clerens?]. One contact sheet also includes an image of baby Kathleen Kerr, daughter of union photographer Bob Kerr. - Includes prints of the Cleaners' Union dispute with Crothall and Company and British Petroleum. These feature the union picket at B P House, Wellington, with makeshift sleeping arrangements, placards, cooking, and protestors. Also contains a contact sheet with portraits of an unidentified man, B P House, and information sheets being handed out by protestors. - Youth pay rate campaign images feature: young protestors, some in school uniform, at Parliament with placards and costumes as well as an unidentified young speaker and Pat Kelly addressing the crowd; teenage Woolworth's workers photographed at their place of work; and a youth picket outside McDonalds. Also contains a contact sheet with some of the images detailed above, but also further portraits. - Contains series of images of caretaker Ernie Abbott's funeral. These feature: the Holden Kingswood hearse and pallbearers (including Pat Kelly and Ken Douglas) leading the funeral cortege through the streets of Wellington between Trades Hall and the Town Hall; and the funeral ceremony at the Town Hall, including mourners, pallbearers, and eulogies being delivered. Also contains a contact sheet of portraits of Abbott (and others of an unidentified woman) taken for the Cleaners' Union in the early eighties, and images of Trades Hall after the bombing that killed Abbott. Quantity: 51 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - 2008-119 : New Zealand Council of Trade Unions: Further records - To Ephemera Collection - four negative cases for printing orders (one glacine, three paper) at Eph-A-PHOTO-1970s.

Date: 1981 - 1982

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-360-001/020

Description: Cartoons on international and New Zealand political and social issues. Quantity: 20 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 26 Aug 1993

From: Te Roopu Rawakore o Aotearoa oral history project

By: Jones, Joe, active 1978-1993; Barry, Patsy, active 1978-1993

Reference: OHInt-0662/06

Description: Joe Jones and Patsy Barry recall the first public meeting for unemployed and beneficiaries at TUC to set up Combined Beneficiaries Union in 1978. Joe recalls commencing working on unemployment cases in 1981. Mentions SUP involvement; Wellington protest 1980; reasons for non-affiliation to Te Roopu Rawakore; formation of Beneficiaries Unemployed Movement in 1986; funding problems; name change to BUM; involvement with the Labour Party and Joe standing for City Council. Mentions Sue Bradford. Talks about the positive aspects of the movement; marches and rallies; changes in government strategy, e g 26 week standown; effects of benefit cuts; links with unemployment and crime and unemployment and suicide. Discusses Independent Youth Allowance. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Karen Davis Venue - Hamilton Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-010372 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3519.

Date: 4 Apr 1993 - 04 Apr 1993

From: Te Roopu Rawakore o Aotearoa oral history project

By: Avison, Brian, active 1975-1993

Reference: OHInt-0662/04

Description: Brian Avison gives reasons for his involvement in the unemployed movement in 1975. Recalls move to Wellington to work for Young Christian Workers Movement and involvement with Wellington Unemployed Workers Union. Refers to TEP workers march. Discusses overseas work with International Young Christian Workers and gives impressions of unemployment in West Africa and Asia and compares with New Zealand. Returned to New Zealand towards the end of 1981 and recalls helping to set up the Auckland Unemployed Workers Rights Centre. Talks about formation of Auckland Unemployed Workers Union (AUWU). Describes work of AUWRC and social events which included gigs at Ponsonby Community Centre. Talks about Advocacy tactics; housing for street kids; Youth rates issue; 1983 Ruapehu meeting; Maori unemployment; first contacts with Mangataipa and lessons learned from Mangataipa. Mentions Huhana Oneroa and her role in the national unemployment movement. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Karen Davis Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-010369-010370 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3517.

Date: 1980 - 1990

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[Original cartoons drawn 1980-1990, mainly for periodical publications].

Reference: C-136-027

Description: Shows an adult insect in a top hat with a whip, urging on little bug-eyed insects who are pushing machinery shafts round and round. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on sheet 478 x 575 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2003.

Date: 1978 - 1980

From: Kennedy, Ronald Edwin, 1925-2003 :[Editorial cartoons published in the Waikato Times, 1968-1981, signed Ronken]

Reference: A-287-073

Description: Member of Parliament, Jim Anderton (or possibly Minister of Labour, Jim Bolger?), handing an axe marked 'Youth rates' to a young man. Other Titles - Youth rates Extended Title - Published in the Waikato Times ca 1968-81 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pencil, felt-tip

Date: 1978 - 1981

From: Kennedy, Ronald Edwin, 1925-2003 :[Editorial cartoons published in the Waikato Times, 1968-1981, signed Ronken]

Reference: A-287-072

Description: Jim Bolger, Minister of Labour, dressed as a chef, and holding a recipe 'for industrial chaos' while he stirs a cauldron from which steam marked 'youth rates' and 'voluntary unionism' escapes Probably drawn during the period (1978-1984) when Jim Bolger was Minister of Labour, rather than later when he was Prime Minister. The cartoonist has found it necessary to draw him with 'Bolger' written on his chef's hat, to identify him Other Titles - Recipe for Industrial Chaos, stir well Extended Title - Published in the Waikato Times ca 1978-81 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, felt-tip

Date: 1983

From: "Unity for strength, the trade union movement in New Zealand". Waikato Museum of Art & History, May 1 - June 23, 1990. [Posters and printed material for an exhibition]

By: Wellington Media Collective

Reference: Eph-D-LABOUR-UFS-1983-01

Description: Shows the words YOUTH RATES SLAVE WAGES arrangement as crossword or Scrabble pieces. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 595 x 418 mm. Provenance: Donated in 2003.

Date: 2006

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0001057

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The Minister wants to join the Supersizemypay Campaign. The reference is to protests about youth rates. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0000868

Description: In the first two of three frames a man is doing a survey on whether youth rates should be abolished. A young person is adamant that they should and the employer is equally adamant that they shouldn't. In the third frame the man is seen writing the results of his survey on the board, they are 'one for' and 'one against'. The subject of youth rates is on the political agenda at the moment. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0024716

Description: Two frames show suburban houses at night where inside a living room, two children bargain with their parents over the cost of showing their parents how to make the old analogue television set recieve the new digital signal. A nearby newspaper headline reads 'Youth Rates'. Refers to New Zealand change to digital television by end of 2013 and to the Starting Out wage which came into effect 1 May 2013. This allows people aged 16 to 19 to be paid 80 percent of the adult minimum wage for the first six months of their employment (Stuff 6 April 2013). Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0024740

Description: Shows four figures, including Prime Minister John Key at far right, making negative statements under a heading asking 'How would our leaders react if they were put on a youth wage?'. Accompanying note from cartoonist states: "At a time when million-dollar paypackets for executives are nothing unusual, it seems a tad unfair - ageist? - to screw down the wages of young workers." Refers to a controversial new youth or Starting Out wage, introduced on 1 March, which is intended to lower the country's high youth unemployment rate. The wage will allow people aged 16 to 19 to be paid 80 per cent of the adult minimum wage for the first six months of their employment. It begins on 1 May 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0024766

Description: A youth looks at a ladder with a very low first rung. Many steps are missing before the next rung can be reached. 'Big Biz', backed by the government, tells him 'What's yer beef? We think it's a major step on to the job ladder...' In May 2013 the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment introduced the 'starting-out wage' for those under twenty years old. This was below the minimum adult wage and was greeted enthusiastically by many employers as much for getting labour at a minimal cost as for the ostensible purpose of giving the unemployed a start on the 'job ladder'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025199

Description: A staff member tells the Politician that the unions say that 'Thanks to you, workers have few rights left!' The Politician replies the he was not aware 'they still have a few rights left'. Over 2012 and 2013, many restrictions on trade union activity , as well as attempts to downgrade workers' pay and employment conditions had been made. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023142

Description: A man asks a prospective employer what happens after the starting out rate. Context: NZ teens face $10.80 an hour youth wage rate in government jobs boost bid. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023209

Description: Shows a young woman working at the checkout counter of a supermarket, who is upset at the lower youth starting out wage. Refers to the government's plan to re-introduce a a youth pay rate which will see 16-to-19-year-olds making a minimum $10.80 per hour, or 80 percent of the adult minimum wage. More than 160,000 New Zealanders left for Australia under the National Government, 40 per cent of them aged 18-30. (Stuff.co.nz, 9 Oct 2012, 10 Oct 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

By: Listener (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0023201

Description: Shows a teenager with his foot being slammed in the door of the Acme Employer Ltd office, by a large man. The teenager shouts, `Ow! Ow! Ten dollars is fine!' Refers to the government's plan to re-introduce a a youth pay rate which will see 16-to-19-year-olds making a minimum $10.80 per hour, or 80 percent of the adult minimum wage, which is currently $13.50 per hour. (Stuff.co.nz, 9 Oct 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1975 - 1999

From: O'Connell, Therese Frances Mary, 1951- (collector) :[Ephemera of octavo size relating to various political issues, women's issues, health and education, the environment, abortion, peace, Ireland, Vietnam, racial, gay and lesbian rights. ca 1970-1990].

By: O'Connell, Therese Frances Mary, 1951-

Reference: Eph-A-OCONNELL-Badges

Description: Includes the following badges: From the 1992 accession: Abortion; a woman's right to choose [black and white]. Eph-A-OCONNELL-Badges-1970s-02 Abortion; a woman's right to choose [black, red and white]. Australian Peace Committee. Lend a hand for peace Bastion Point; support Ngati Whatua. [Badge. ca 1978] Eph-A-OCONNELL-Badges-1978-01 Buller Unemployment Centre. BUG member Disarm the rapist Don't get made; get even. Equal pay now Engineers Union & Trades Council Wgton. Fight unemployment; demand the right to work. Equal value, equal pay; value women's work (2 copies) [Female symbol around world globe] Free all Irish political prisoners HART [black and white with heart shape image](2 copies) Halt All Racist Tours: Fight apartheid. No tour '85. Eph-A-OCONNELL-Badges-1985-01 I back the miners. produced by ILP I support homosexual law reform. [Badge. 1980s?]. Eph-A-OCONNELL-Badges-1980s-01 Ireland; Britain's last colony (2 copies) [Mataira, Katerina Te Heikoko], 1932- :Te Ataarangi. Eph-A-OCONNELL-Badges-1980-01 No youth rates. School leavers, students and workers unite! Ontario Federation of Labour. Equal pay for work of equal value Ontario Federation of Labour. Kids not cash; non-profit child care Repeal! (2 copies) Returned Protestors Association '81 [Selection of twelve badges relating to trade union activities, collected by Therese O'Connell. 1970-1980s]. Eph-A-OCONNELL-Badges-Union-Selection Sexism is a social disease (green badge) Strike a blow for equal pay [green and white badge] Tax wealth not health TUC. 1980s Yes! - 1930s No! Up from under. Eph-A-OCONNELL-Badges-1970s-03 Value office workers Woman power. Eph-A-OCONNELL-Badges-1970s-01 Women and men; equal partners in unions Women office workers [Yellow oval badge] [Women's Liberation - single white flower] Working people's republic Youth Support From the 2017 accession: Apartheid out; close the Consulate Bastion Point; support Ngati Whatua Down with Miserablism (shows portrait of Lenin) [Dragon motif badge] The Ducks Eire M Grá 11 FDGB Kongress Fair share every where Fretilin; independence, freedom, for East Timor Halt All Racist Tours Health cuts cost lives I'm Union (blue 45 mm) I'm Union (green 45 mm) Industrial dinosaur and proud of it! Ireland; troops out now! [Johnny Rotten] Keep New Zealand nuclear free [Heart] Len Lye [Len Lye] Let's strike! for less hours, fewer jobs, a lower standard of living, less hospitals, more patients, and try harder to ruin the country Meat Pie with Dead Orse Mobilise for survival; stop nuclear madness NZFoL 1937-1987 Politically incorrect Reds rule OK! The Rocky Horror Show Rod [Rod Stewart] Shut down or melt down Stop the Gulf War; no N.Z. involvement [1991] Stop Waitangi celebrations (2 copies) Support S.A.M. [Society for the Abolition of Mrs and Miss, operating in Wellington in December 1974] Tigers Total freedom now Unions are for women too! Vote for Viv A woman's right to control her life; Repeal all abortion laws Quantity: 1 box(es). Provenance: Donated by Therese O'Connell in 1992 and 2017.