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All Australians deserve to live in dignity, but the rules that made Australia fair are broken.

Under the guise of helping Australia rebuild the national economy during a global health pandemic, the Morrison Government made a clear promise to all Australians – no worker would be worse off under proposed industrial changes. They broke that promise.

This submission recommends that, having regard to all the problems for workers associated with the proposed legislation, the Senate must reject it in its entirety. 

Read in full:

Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Education and Employment: Inquiry into Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020. [PDF]

UWU acknowledges that we meet and work on the unceded lands of First Nations peoples.
We wish to pay respect to their Elders — past and present — and acknowledge the important role all First Nations peoples continue to play within Australia and in our union.

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