Critical Times

Sacked by text message. Fired then rehired on a contract that pays $200 less a week. Pay docked for doing a whip around for the widow of a mate killed on the job. All around the nation Australians have felt first hand the real cost of the Howard Government’s new industrial relations laws.

Show the Government what you think of their unfair IR laws. Keep the pressure on and rally on Wednesday June 28.

Adelaide City Rally 12 noon- Victoria Square

Southern rally 7.30am
Outside Liberal MP Kim Richardson’s office
209 Main South Road
Morphett Vale

North East Rally 10am
Outside Liberal MP Trish Draper’s office
959 North East Road,
Modbury

Northern Rally 12 noon
Outside Liberal MP David Fawcett’s office
Shop 89 Munno Para Shopping Centre
600 Main North Road,
Smithfield

There will also be rallies in Whyalla, Berry and Mt Gambier- visit the Rights at Work website for more details.

Last November hundreds of thousands of Australians took to the streets and filled community venues to show their disgust for the Howard Government’s legislation.
Ignoring popular opinion, the Government used its Senate majority to ram the laws through parliament.

As petrol prices and interest rates continue to rise, the average employee got tax cuts of only $7 or $10 a week in the recent federal budget. At the same time our job security has been undermined by the new IR laws, which attack the pay and condition! s we all rely on.

As we count down to the nex! t electi on, a new worker and a new family is affected by these IR laws every day. We must show these workers our support, and show the Government that we will never forget the human impact of their radical laws. We have to show both sides of politics that Australians will fight for our rights at work.

Save the date June 28. Visit the Rights at Work website for up-to-date factsheets about the laws affect you, and download a poster to advertise the rally. www.rightsatwork.com.au/campaigns/weekofaction
Many thanks,

Sharan Burrow, Greg Combet,
and the Rights at Work campaign team.