More casual jobs and the limited bargaining power of low-skilled workers have created a new “working poor”, according to the head of the Senate inquiry into poverty. By Cherelle Murphy taken from Australian Financial Review, 22nd August 2003
Below Matt McCarten is interviewed about Unite New Zealand, the grassroots community trade union in NZ that fights the exploitation of casuals. Unite in Australia has been inspired by many of its ideas.
UNITE a new campaign, to stop the rip-off of casual and part-time workers and to name and shame dodgy bosses, has been kicked off in Melbourne. 26% of Australians (the second highest in the world) are casually employed.