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ACTU Factsheet: IR Laws One Year On (Doc)

ACTU Report: IR Laws One Year On (PDF)

John Howard is feeling pretty pleased with himself right now. It's the one year anniversary of his unfair IR laws being enacted in Parliament.

While he’s throwing a party in Canberra and patting his fellow Government ministers on the back, working people and families all around Australia are struggling to cope with a less secure, drastically less fair nation. Read more in our report One year on: The impact of the new IR laws on Australian working families.

If Mr Howard thinks we've forgotten the IR laws and their impact, he’s dead wrong.

Sign John Howard's Anniversary Card now! If we get more than 7,000 signatures, ACTU President Sharan Burrow will fly to Sydney and personally deliver it.

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Workplace law still loathed: poll (The Age)
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SIGN MR HOWARD'S ANNIVERSARY CARD

Dear Mr Howard,

We are writing to mark the anniversary of the IR laws being enacted in Parliament.

This occasion is certainly not a happy one for the many people who have been treated unfairly at work as a result of the new laws. Good, hard working people have been sacked without warning and in some cases, humiliated or discriminated against. Time with family and friends has been cut as workers adjust to the new Australian workplace, where it’s all about "take what you're given or take a hike."

The cost is not just emotional. Hard economic evidence shows pay rises for workers have not kept pace with cost of living increases. Around 300,000 employees have been put onto an AWA individual contract in the last year, all of which took away at least one formerly-protected award condition. Your own research showed that of the new AWAs, 51% cut overtime loadings, 63% cut penalty rates, and 64% cut annual leave loading, just to name a few.

As you are aware, the Rights at Work campaign aims to get rid of "WorkChoices" and together we have devised fairer laws to put in its place. We look forward to sending you a farewell card after this year's federal election.

Yours sincerely,
Rights at Work supporters

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