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For workers who rely on minimum wages, the sheer cost of living doesn’t mean missing out on takeaway coffee or streaming services. Those things are already long gone. It means cutting back on basic needs because there’s nothing else left to cut.
Do you work on a plane? Or in a café? Or conduct tours? If you work one of these jobs or one of the many others in aviation, hospitality, travel and tourism, you should have received a few extra dollars in your most recent pay slip. As of 1 October, workers in these industries have…
“If you said workers should continue to have real wage cuts and pay for an inflation rate they didn’t cause, I think that’s morally bankrupt,” said Sally McManus.
Each year, Australian Unions works to increase the minimum wage for all workers.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2020/06/21/the-minimum-wage-will-increase-2020/
Leon asks: My employer says she doesn’t have to pay me the amount set down in the Award as when I started working for her the Award said I was paid at a lower rate.
https://www.australianunions.org.au/2014/12/01/am-i-being-paid-correctly-under-my-award/
Unfair rostering disadvantages workers in insecure work: unions are calling for for roster justice.
