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Workplace Changes A Threat To Australian Way Of Life
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ACTU 25 September 2005
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has launched its second round of television advertising to highlight the impact the Federal Government's proposed changes to the Workplace Relations Act will have on working families. ACTU President Sharan Burrow said that the ACTU was committed to a long-term campaign against the preposed changes to the industrial relations laws, which if passed would reduce employee rights and removeunfair dismissal protections. "The Governments laws will strip away rights at work, they will drive down wages and remove core conditions such as penalty rates, overtimeand the right to unfair dismissal protection. read more.. |