The extent of the Howard Government’s plans to take the IR laws further is frightening.

Yesterday billionaire retailer Gerry Harvey said a "second tier" of foreign workers should be created in Australia, paid fifty percent less than local workers, undercutting local wages and conditions.

According to Mr Harvey, Mr Howard and the Liberal party are in total agreement with him. “You won't get politicians saying what I'm saying, but privately they know this sort of thing is a reality in the future."

WorkChoices has already cut wages and conditions for Australian workers by making it easier for business to get rid of conditions like penalty rates and overtime.

Now big business wants to go a step further, driving down Australian employees’ wages by taking advantage of overseas workers desperate for a new life in our country. Like Australian workers, people from overseas deserve rights at work too. One of these rights is a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work.

Under their IR laws the Liberals have already:

* Abolished unfair dismissal protections for 4 million workers.

* Allowed workers’ take-home pay and conditions like penalty rates, over-time, redundancy pay, rest breaks and public holidays to be cut by AWA individual contracts.

* Cut protections for young and vulnerable workers leaving them more exposed to exploitation.

* Made it harder for workers to assistance from unions.

* Increased the power of big business by allowing them to refuse to collectively bargain with workers even where that is what a majority of employees want.

* Stripped the powers of the Industrial Relations Commission to protect workers’ rights and settle disputes.

You can't trust a re-elected Liberal Government with your rights at work.