To: Peter Dutton
Rule out these attacks on our rights at work!
Using a think-tank as a front for their schemes, Liberal politicians have released a policy to cut wages and strip working rights from Australians.
The HR Nicholls society - started and run by Liberal Party politicians and launched by Michael Sukkar - has set out Peter Dutton's workplace agenda, and it's not good. It recommends:
The HR Nicholls society - started and run by Liberal Party politicians and launched by Michael Sukkar - has set out Peter Dutton's workplace agenda, and it's not good. It recommends:
- Cut the wages of 20% of Australia’s workers to a $24.10/hour.
- Require other workers to negotiate their wages individually, putting all power in the hands of the bosses.
- make strikes illegal for millions of workers
- Strip safety regulations in the road transport industry –making our roads more dangerous
- Ban union representatives from assisting members or inspecting safety breaches on worksites
- Remove “same job – same pay” protections so your employer can outsource your employment to a contractor and pay them lower wages.
- Give tacit approval to wage theft – allowing dodgy bosses to steal wages without penalty.
- Cut redundancy pay and weakenunfair dismissal protections.
Why is this important?
Workers have finally begun to see wage rises and new rights after suffering declining real wages under 10 years of Liberal Governments. Liberal Party think-tanks are already planning out Peter Dutton's first 6 months in office - cuts to services and safety-nets, handouts to the already wealthy, and attacks on workers' rights.
Australian workers need more progress to improve our wages and conditions – not more right-wing ideology from the Liberal Party.
If this isn't Peter Dutton's plan he should have no problem saying so. Call on Peter Dutton to rule out these outrageous attacks on our rights.
If this isn't Peter Dutton's plan he should have no problem saying so. Call on Peter Dutton to rule out these outrageous attacks on our rights.