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...because the vote will be NO.
Just in time for an
Intractable Bargaining and Same-Job, Same-Pay test case - phones must surely be ringing off the hook somewhere in the QF malaise
Labor’s same-job, same-pay laws pass parliament after deal with Lambie and Pocock
Labor’s same-job, same-pay in labour hire and wage theft legislation will pass parliament on Thursday after a deal with senators David Pocock and Jacqui Lambie.On Thursday the workplace relations minister, Tony Burke, declared it was a “great day for workers’ wages and safety”, with a majority of the Senate set to agree to key measures of the closing loopholes bill including on industrial manslaughter and provisions to help first responders.
On Thursday Burke told reporters in Canberra that “a whole lot of people who are being underpaid” needed parliament to “decide that it’s time for them to get a pay rise and all of that can be done today”.
Lambie told reporters she approved the deal because she had “had a gutful” of big businesses making “massive profits” while workers such as flight attendants and miners earn up to $30,000 less a year because they were employed by a labour hire company or a separate corporate entity.
“The companies that will be crying loudest about these changes are some of Australia’s biggest and most profitable."
“Mining companies such as Gina Rinehart’s or Qantas, whose CEOs are receiving huge bonuses, they don’t feel the hardships many Australians are feeling right now.”