T H E J O B S L E T T E R 1 5 2
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published in New Zealand 24 September 2001
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WAR
RECESSION
BRINGING FORWARD CAPITAL WORKS
AIR NZ ANSETT
REEFTON GOLD MINE
STUDENT WORK
EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT
CASH BID FOR GRADUATES
TALENT VISAS
CATHOLIC SOCIAL JUSTICE WEEK
CONFERENCES
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E X E C U T I V E S U M M A R Y
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* Our Diary of key events over the last few weeks. Terror
attacks in New York and Washington, stock market crash,
hundreds of thousands of job layoffs, Ansett and Air New
Zealand unravel, Sandra Lee makes a call on Reefton ... and
much more.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15201.htm
* The 11th September terrorist attacks on the World Trade
Centre and the Pentagon has sent the world economy into a
sharp contraction. Stockmarkets have suffered falls
reminiscent of the crashes of 1987 and the grim days of the
Great Depression.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15200.htm
* Michael Cullen looks to join an international spend-up in order
to stave off an economic recession. He is prepared to bring
forward planned capital works.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15200.htm#cullen
* If this all looks like an immediate �Keynesian� response to the
threat of global recession ... then it probably is.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15200.htm#larry
* A thousand students will get holiday jobs under the new
�Snap� programme.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15200.htm#snap
* It looks like the Emergency Unemployment Benefit polices
affecting students will be reviewed.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15200.htm#eub
* The Disabled Persons Employment Act of 1960 will be
repealed, taking way the blanket exemption that sheltered
workshops in regard to minimum wages and holiday provisions.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15200.htm#disabled
* Graduate doctors, nurses and midwives may be offered
loyalty payments if they choose to stay in NZ and help with the
hospital staffing crisis.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15200.htm#loyalty
* One fifth of NZ�s working population and perhaps a third of its
top talent is employed overseas. Don�t think of them as a �brain
drain� ... think of them as an �overseas resource�.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15200.htm#overseas
* In �Paying the Piper�, Louise May of Caritas argues that the
principles �commutative justice� means we should look again
at debt relief or even cancellation of debts.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15200.htm#caritas
* Conferences. Social Auditing in NZ (Oct 11-12) and Social
Entrepreneurship conference (now Nov 22-23).
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15200.htm#conf
* Voices. On Sandra Lee�s decision to stop the Reefton Gold
Mine
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15200.htm#reefton
C R E D I T S
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ISSN No. 1172-6695
edited by Vivian Hutchinson for the Jobs Research Trust
P.O.Box 428, New Plymouth, New Zealand
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Secretary � Shirley Vickery
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