Mike's Minute: Here's how to help the economy through jobs

Here's some things we can do to help the economy through jobs. 

Firstly, compulsory arbitration. I'm sick and tired of teachers and nurses and doctors striking. 

The current strike this week by doctors, they claim, has been a result of more than a year of negotiation. 

Surely at some point —and Health NZ have finally pulled the trigger— it becomes apparent that two sides aren't going to cut a deal, and some heads need to be banged together. 

So, Health NZ have asked for arbitration. 

A simple law that is time-lined would save the hassle. Whether it's time, or meetings, offers and counteroffers, it doesn’t matter. Give it your best shot – if it doesn’t work, let a mediator do the business and make it binding. 

Secondly, the migration pathways announced yesterday. It seems to have taken an age to realise that the simple truth, rightly or wrongly, for this country is we need a shed load of people. 

Yesterday's settings were hardly for rocket scientists. But that’s the sad truth about our economy – a lot of the issues around jobs are the bread and butter of daily life. 

The Chocolate Fish Café in Wellington has written to the Minister. They need a pathway for people to work in hospitality. Should they? No. Should jobless be keen to fill the gaps? Of course. 

But that’s our lot – a bunch of lazy people more interested in skiving than working. So migration is the answer. 

They took an age on foreign houses as well, but we got there. 

I'm big on immigration. People bring skills and culture, and they generally work hard, they earn money and pay taxes. There is growth in numbers. 

The other truth for now we can't ignore is that too many really good New Zealanders have bailed. We need a skill and talent reset. 

The world is a competition. Everywhere is a landing spot. The previous Government made us a place to leave. The current lot may change that. 

I pray they do, but for now talent is still an issue and good people are still hard to find. The 'here and now' answer is immigration. Find those that like the look of us and make them a deal. 

Residency is a deal. Yes, some may go to Australia, so Peters is technically correct. But if we are good some may not, so we win. 

We need all levers, all ideas, more productivity, more pace, less mucking around, fewer strikes, more attitude, more determination, more deals and more pathways. 

It's not hard. You just have to want to do it. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Things we can do to help the economy through jobs. Firstly,
compulsory arbitration. I am sick and tired of the teachers
and the nurses and the doctor's striking. The current strike
this week by the doctors, they claim has been a
result of more than a year of negotiation. I mean,
surely at some point in Health New Zealand to finally
pull the trigger. Thank god, it becomes apparent that the
two sides aren't going to cut a deal. Some heads

(00:20):
need to be banged together. Health New Zealand have asked
for arbitration. So a simple law that it's timeline it
and say the hassle I mean could be timeline, could
be the number of meetings, or offers or counteroffers, whatever,
it doesn't matter. Just give it you a bear shot.
If it doesn't work, letter media to do the business.
Make it binding. Then the migration pathways announced yesterday that
we've just talked about. It seems to have taken an
age to realize that the simple truth, rightly or wrongly,

(00:42):
for this country is we need a shed load of people.
Yesterday's settings were hardly rocket scientists, as I mentioned to
Erica a moment ago, But that's the sad truth about
our economy. I'm afraid a lot of issues around jobs
these days, the bread and butter stuff of daily life,
the chocolate fish cafe. You up with that one. In
Wellington they've written to the minister. They need pathway, they
argue for people to work in hospital. Should they need

(01:03):
a pathway now? Of course not. Should jobless be king
to fill the gaps? Of course they should, But that's
our lot, a bunch of lazy people more interested in
scribing than working. So migration is the answer. They took
an age on foreign houses as well, but we got there.
I'm big on immigration. If you don't know that already.
People bring skills, that bring culture. They generally work hard,
they've got good work ethic, they earn money, they pay taxes.

(01:24):
There is growth in numbers. The other truth for now,
as we can't ignore there too many really good New
Zealanders have bailed. We need a skill and a talent reset.
The world is a competition. Everywhere's a landing spot. The
previous government, of course, made us a place to leave.
Couldn't wait to get out of here. The current lot
may change that, pray they do, but for now, talent

(01:44):
is still an issue. Good people are still hard to find.
The here and now answer is immigration. Find those that
like the look of us, make them a deal. Residency
is a deal. Yes, some may go to Australia, so
Peters is technically probably correct. But if we're good, some
may not, so we win. See all leavers, all ideas.
More productivity, more pace, less mucking around, fewer strikes, more attitude,

(02:08):
more determination, more deals, more pathways. It's not hard, you
just gotta want to do it. For more from the
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