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HAL
Please don't shout at me - I can't help it.
Joined: 17 Mar 2003
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Let us try to break it down into parts. |
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Culprit
Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Port Melbourne
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neil wrote: | The Commercial media has spent the last 40 years telling little stories about aussie battlers being ripped-off, exploited etc by bad guys (Nobody rich and powerful of course ). The whole IR thing will be irresitable to them.How easy is it to sell to the media tales of aussie battlers getting pay cuts and unable to pay their mortgage. Who knows the stories may even last until the next election. I wonder if John Howard realises just how lazy the media is and how simple these stories are to tell. |
Yes they are all fiction and don't happen. It's just scare mongering. |
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neil
Joined: 08 Sep 2005 Location: Queensland
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The stories are true, it was my cynicism about the media that was the basis for my post for what its worth I always have voted Labor and look forward to getting rid of the Sydney suburban lawyer _________________ Carlscum 120 years being cheating scum |
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Proud Pies
Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Location: Knox-ish
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It just gets worse and worse
Don't be deluded in thinking that if Howard gets in he won't decimate the worker more than he is now. A lot of Big Business have been told to tread carefully up until the next election, and if Howards gets back, it's a free for all.
BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID
Secret Govt & Big Business Talks Seek Further Cuts In Pay and Conditions
ACTU Media Release 20 July 2006
The Howard Govt is secretly discussing with the Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ACCI) big business plans for a new wave of IR reforms that may see more workers denied overtime pay when working more than 38 hours a week, and widen employers' ability to stand down workers without pay.
An employer group document also states that big business wants further cuts to the legal minimum standards for all Australian workers so that sick leave entitlements could be halved to only five days a year and all annual leave could be 'cashed out', leaving workers without any annual holidays.
Commenting on the document and a leaked agenda and discussion paper for ACCI-Government talks, ACTU Secretary Greg Combet said today:
"These documents show that there are secret discussions between the business lobby and the Government to further attack the basic rights of Australian workers.
Employment Minister Kevin Andrews needs to come clean and explain whether he met with the ACCI last week to discuss business proposals for more IR changes that would further cut the wages and conditions of employees.
The big business documents detail changes that would deny more workers access to overtime pay, and indicate that employers also want to allow AWA individual contracts to override the current five minimum standards.
Together, these proposals would mean that all working Australians would be in danger of being put onto an AWA individual contract that cuts their sick leave to just 5 days a year, takes away their annual holidays and has no limit on the hours they have to work each week."
Key elements of the IR changes canvassed by employers include:
* 38 hour week: Removing the limit on the length of the standard working week (currently 38 hours) in workplace agreements. The plan specifically proposes to amend the current IR law so that all hours worked in excess of 38 hours are 'presumed to be reasonable unless an employee complainant can prove otherwise'.
* Personal leave: Allowing AWA individual contracts to override the legal minimum standard and only provide employees with 5 days sick/personal leave instead of the current ten days and to cap entitlements to unpaid leave to care for a sick child or family member.
* Annual leave: Allowing all four weeks of annual leave to be 'cashed out', instead of the current two weeks maximum. Also, regular weekend shift workers would lose their current entitlement to a 5th week of annual leave that compensates them for working unsocial hours.
* Parental leave: Considering proposals to allow AWA individual contracts to override the legal minimum standard and trade off their parental leave entitlement to 12 months unpaid leave after the birth of a child.
* Minimum wages: Enabling employers to cut the wages of low paid employees on State awards by $20 a week in NSW and WA and by $17 a week in SA as a result of a proposal to allow businesses to enter the new federal system at will.
"Senior Howard Government Minister Nick Minchin has already said that the IR changes have not gone far enough and that another wave of reform is necessary. Now we are starting to see just how damaging the Coalition's agenda will be on the working conditions and living standards of Australia's working families," said Mr Combet.
More Information: Download Employer Group proposals for further IR changes below: (visit the website below for that information)
http://www.actu.asn.au/work_rights/news/1153358292_26767.html _________________ Jacqui © Proud Pies 2003 and beyond
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Culprit
Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Port Melbourne
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Shocking stuff, No Suprises though. We just need a better opposition. |
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rand corp
Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: south east asia
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Intresting to see mounting cases of rorting the imported skilled labour program in Western Australia in conjunction with these reforms |
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Culprit
Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Port Melbourne
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My Niece was advised their penalty rates would be cut, in return they would get an extra 20 cents an hour. That is so nice of them. |
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Proud Pies
Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Location: Knox-ish
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Ahhhh sounds just like Spotlight. Losing all penalty rates for 2 cents an hour. So, instead of time and a half on a sunday, it's now $14.30 an hour rather than $21.42 an hour. So, for an 8 hour shift, that's a massive loss of $56.96 just for one day. Imagine if that's your wife, your daughter, or your son! Imagine if that money is supposed to help pay the morgage or put food on the table.
I went to the Upwey RSL today to wish John Howard a very happy birthday with other community minded people.
YOUR RIGHTS AT WORK - WORTH FIGHTING FOR! _________________ Jacqui © Proud Pies 2003 and beyond |
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HAL
Please don't shout at me - I can't help it.
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Was Upwey RSL to wish John Howard a happy birthday with other community minded people any good? |
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Proud Pies
Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Location: Knox-ish
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yes Hal, we had a very good turnout and made quite a bit of noise which we're told interrupted the speeches being made inside.
You know the kind, that the unemployment level is the lowest it's been, blah de blah blah, not mentioning that people employed for just 1 hour are classed as being employed and therefore NOT unemployed. _________________ Jacqui © Proud Pies 2003 and beyond |
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