We can all take a minute to savour the sweet taste of victory today: Darrell Lea has abandoned its push to introduce AWA individual contracts.

The retailer had planned to put casual staff on AWAs that could cost them up to $100 a week, slashing weekend and holiday pay as well as other benefits.

More than 6500 Rights at Work supporters took the time to lobby Darrell Lea CEO John Tolmie last month. Our hard work has paid off: following a review and public outcry, Darrell Lea changed its mind.

Mr Tolmie had said that he felt competitive pressure to use John Howard’s laws to cut pay and conditions. But Rights at Work supporters argued in favour of treating workers decently, and we won.

You can write and congratulate him on making this principled decision to treat his workers fairly by using our website.

Over the next few weeks, Labor’s full alternative policy will be revealed and we will see the effect of our lobbying. ACTU President Sharan Burrow will deliver the Anniversary Card that more than 25,000 of you signed to John Howard. And of course, the federal election draws ever closer, along with our chance to get rid of these unfair laws for good.