Fed gov is attacking lowest paid: ACTU

Written By Unknown on Selasa, 20 Mei 2014 | 18.16

ACTU claims the federal government is launching sustained attack on Australia's lowest paid workers. Source: AAP

THE federal government is launching a sustained attack on Australia's lowest paid workers, which the ACTU says will result in their living standards being crushed.

After delivering a cruel and unfair budget, the government now was considering a plan to cut the minimum wage every year for 10 years, ACTU president Ged Kearney said on Tuesday.

She was speaking at an Adelaide rally, as the ACTU appeared in Melbourne before the Fair Work Commission hearings in the Annual Wage Review.

The union body is calling for a $27 a week increase, which Ms Kearney said was now even more necessary given the punitive budget.

"Tony Abbott is not 'sharing the pain' as he said, he is going after those that can least afford it," she said.

"Under the plan being considered by the government, Australia's minimum wage will be reduced to 44 per cent of average weekly earnings, wiping off $136 per week in today's dollars, taking the minimum wage down to about $480 per week, or just $12 per hour."

She called on the government to rule out the Commission of Audit recommended minimum wage change to reassure low paid workers immediately.

"This is a recipe straight out of the United States - pushing down the minimum wage, getting rid of decent health services and privatising core government services."


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