Business proposed bargaining changes would cost workers billions   
29 October 2019
ACTU

     Business proposed bargaining changes would cost workers billions

A new report from the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work includes modelling which shows that the changes to bargaining rules proposed by business groups would cost workers currently on private sector EBAs $2000 over the first three years and rip billions in wages from the workforce as a whole.

At a time when Australia is in a wages crisis and enterprise bargaining in the private sector is down to just 11 per cent coverage, weakening the rights and protections of working people will make things even worse.

The report highlights that the proposed changes - weakening or removing the Better Off Overall Test, reducing scrutiny of non-union EBAs, narrowing the scope of what can be covered by an agreement, and blocking bargaining on certain projects all together through ‘whole of life’ Greenfields agreements - will mirror the effect of WorkChoices.

The Morrison Government has made it clear that it has a radical agenda to change workplace laws to further entrench the power of corporations over working people. Unlike John Howard’s hated WorkChoices, this time the Morrison Government is drip feeding its plans in an attempt to disguise the extent and impact of the changes.

Quotes attributable to ACTU Secretary Sally McManus:

“Australian workers haven’t had a pay rise in almost seven years. We have a wages crisis and this report shows that the Morrison Government is getting ready to rip billions out of working people’s pockets.

“Slow wage growth has stalled the entire economy. This Government is fixated on trickle-down economics, but that experiment has failed.

“Australians literally can’t afford much more of this Government. By reducing the power of working people and unions and caving to business on changes to the law, the Morrison Government is crushing wage growth.

“The Morrison Government could take a step towards positive wage growth tomorrow by withdrawing its union-bashing bills and supporting union efforts to increase wages across the country.”

Ah! but Albo now embraces "wealth creation" and "Flexible Industrial Relations"   

philperth2010 wrote on Oct 30^th, 2019 at 9:22am:

Go for it. Show us all where these policy changes are.

philperth2010 wrote on Oct 30^th, 2019 at 8:59am:

I agree, they should take these changes to an election to secure a mandate first, even if they call an early election to do so.

Bam wrote on Oct 30^th, 2019 at 10:23am:


What changes have the gummint proposed. Join the queue at Spec Savers for you too.

philperth2010 wrote on Oct 30^th, 2019 at 1:27pm:


Nothing wrong with my comprehension. Your words:

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The Morrison government has made no such policies. There's nothing that needs an explanation. Make that four pairs of specs.

philperth2010 wrote on Oct 30^th, 2019 at 3:09pm:


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Where has it been made clear. It's just horseshit made up by the dropkick that wrote the article. The only one that needs to justify anything is the person who wrote it.

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I'll condemn them if I don't agree with them but since none have been made there is nothing to condemn except the stupidity of the author. The Institute for Future Work is modelling suggestions from business groups and not some stratified policy agenda from the government for certain parts of the population.

The Old BlackDay is quite keen on that Extremist Commo Socialist Feminazi Sheila at the ACTU - you know the mouse that roared but nobody even noticed she is so insignificant and generally useless. A bit like the old BlackDay - the parrot that squawked!!