How will the outcome of the 2022 Federal Election affect your working conditions?
Abolish the undemocratic ABCC and its unfair Building Code
Labor
Liberal
Stop protecting corrupt employers from being held to account by workers.
(The ABCC relentlessly pursues union officials over minor infractions while doing little to stamp out wage theft or sham contracting in the construction industry or to address worksite safety and deaths.)
Restore basic rights to construction workers
Labor
Liberal
Ensure that building and construction workers have the same rights as other workers and can access advice, service and support from their union when they need it.
Secure employment for Aussie workers on government contracts
Labor
Liberal
Introduce a Secure Australian Jobs Code to ensure that taxpayers’ money being spent through government contracts is being used to support secure employment for Australian workers.
Promote secure work through the Fair Work Act
Labor
Liberal
Enshrine secure work as an objective of the Fair Work Act. This means the Fair Work Commission will have to put job security at the heart of its decision-making.
Improve access to mental health support for rural and remote workers like FIFO workers
Labor
Liberal
Reinstate a 50 per cent regional loading for telehealth psychiatry through Medicare, providing access to bulk billed telehealth psychiatry consultations across regional and rural Australia.
Protect workers from sexual harassment in the workplace
Labor
Liberal
Fully implement all 55 Respect@Work recommendations, including legislating a positive duty on employers to stamp out sexual harassment.
Introduce 10 days paid family and domestic violence leave
Labor
Liberal
Legislate 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave as part of the ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Employment Standards.
Make it easier for workers to advocate for safer working conditions
Labor
Liberal
Ensure that workers can access advice, service and support from their union when they need it.
Get more workers into secure work, creating a situation where they are more empowered to speak up about unsafe working conditions without fear of repercussions from their employer.
Comment
Labor’s policies aim to increase secure work and remove the incentive for sham contracting, labour hire and 2nd and 3rd tier subcontracting models. They want to protect workers from unsafe working conditions.
The Morrison Government’s policies aim to increase casual work, maintain the gig economy and allow labour hire to expand even further. Workplaces have been more unsafe since since Morrison became Prime Minister, with an 8% increase in workplace serious injuries and a 32% increase in workplace deaths
Authorised by M. Wright, Electrical Trades Union Division, Sydney
