With increasing petrol prices, rising costs and interest rates moving up the last thing Australian working families can afford is a $90 a week pay cut.  Workers in the retail industry are not on high wages by any stretch of the imagination. Most of the Spotlight workers are struggling to keep their heads above water on $14.28 an hour. They can’t afford to lose their extra pay for working nights and weekends.

Spotlight's management has argued that they were given the green light to rip off workers by the Howard Government. "Our AWA obviously meets all of the Work Choices requirements," they told AAP. "We are not the ones writing the laws," they told the Herald Sun. They're right. The new IR laws encourage businesses to cut their employees' take home pay and conditions. But is this how Australian businesses should treat their staff?

Make no mistake, the majority of Australians oppose these unfair laws. Companies have to understand that. Support the Spotlight staff and tell Spotlight's owners Morry Fraid and Ruben Fried how you feel about their company’s actions.

Tell Spotlight: Just because the IR laws let you to rip off workers doesn’t mean you have to.