Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has pledged to establish a new
industrial umpire, Fair Work Australia, as a central part of Labor's
promise to abolish Work Choices and have an alternative system fully
operating by January 2010. But The Australian has learned Ms Gillard
intends the Workplace Authority, headed by Ms Bennett, to continue
with the job of approving all agreements under Labor's transitional
arrangements to be introduced next year.
The plan, not contained in Labor's election policy, raises the
prospect of Ms Bennett's authority amassing another enormous backlog
of agreements awaiting approval, after it struggled to cope with
180,000 lodged before the election.
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Yep. sounds like WorkChoices Mark II! Ha ha ha!
As long as it is fair and serves the working public as well as the employers
thats all that was needed under hoeward, not one sided laws that unfairly
penalise workers to benefit employers.
You just have to get used to that johnny, no more union bashing and
penalising workers just to lower weages and raise yours for no economic
reason whatever.
Funny that ... you'd think if Workchoices was as bad as the "Your
Rights At Work" campaign of lies was portraying them, the ALP would
move to scrap it at the first sitting of Parliament.
In fact even though they've committed to an IR rollback, the ALP
probably know they've got to phase it in very slowly so the damage to
the economy (ie, spiralling wage inflation, interest rates, followed
by higher unemployment) hopefully won't be obvious to voters before
the next federal election.
Rubbish, has to be fazed out as libs set up contracts, worker signed into
contracts, been f----ng the system for 10 years. And it is harder when you
care about consequences both ways rather than f the workers, our employer
supporters are doing alright.
They've been bitching and moaning about WorkChoices for years. But not
a peep out of any of them about FairWork.
I wonder why?
> In fact even though they've committed to an IR rollback, the ALP
> probably know they've got to phase it in very slowly so the damage to
> the economy (ie, spiralling wage inflation, interest rates, followed
> by higher unemployment) hopefully won't be obvious to voters before
> the next federal election.
It will be though.
It will be changed and despite your scare mongering will be brought in to
assist all not just howard clique exploiting Australia as they have already
for 10 years.