We Need More Hard Working Aussies Like This Guy

Eat Your Heart Out Joe "I'll Resign if we do more naughty IR stuff" Hockey.

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Union Bashing 60 Years On.

Spotlight: Sixty years ago today, the House Un-American Activities Committee opened its investigation into alleged Communist influence in the motion picture industry. The first witness to take the stand was Jack Warner. As a result of hearings that took place over the next month, 10 screenwriters and directors were cited for contempt of Congress and served a year in jail. Blacklisted until the 60s, some wrote under pseudonyms; Michael Wilson and Dalton Trumbo were unable to collect Oscars they won under assumed names.

Quote: "No member of our generation who wasn't a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn."

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Spotlight: This week, the Crosby Texter Liberal Bash a Unionist Committee for Truth about the Militant Communist Influence of Militant Trade Unionists who want to Take Over Australia, opened its public debate into Militant Trade Union influence in the Australian Labor Party. The first witness to take the stand was Minister for Fat and Happy Employers, Joe Fat and Happy Hockey, with the terrifying warning that Militant Trade Unionists want to nationalise your house, bankrupt your employer and generally make your life miserable.

As a result of the Australian Government's advertising that took place over the last year, it has been established that Militant Communist, Feminist, Homosexual, Pro Iranian, Muslim, Worker Loving , Militant Trade Unionists are in control of the Australian Labor Party and ready to take over the Government and send all Freedom Loving Australians to reeducation camps and that Workchoices can save the world from Union Domination. As a result of the first week of the election campaign, seventy percent of the Australian Labor Party Politburo were tarred with the same brush as Militant Trade Unionists destined to destroy the Australian Way of Life.
As a result of this mean and spiteful campaign the militant trade unionists have been banished to their constituencies to sell Kevin 07 T Shirts, never to be heard from again until the election is won and a victory declared by Kevin "I am Not and Never Have Been a Militant Trade Unionist" Rudd.

Quote: " The role of unions in Australia is essentially over."
- Joe Hockey

We're from WorkChoices

and we are here to fuck you over help.

Compelling evidence has emerged of how quickly bosses in retail and hospitality took advantage of WorkChoices to strip pay and conditions from their employees in Australia.

A landmark study has examined every new collective agreement in those two industries in the first nine months of the law last year and found most removed penalty rates and overtime, increased managerial power and gave inadequate compensation.

The study, commissioned by the Victorian, NSW and Queensland governments, and conducted by Sydney University's Workplace Research Centre, also uncovered a new industry of consultants and lawyers producing minimalist template agreements for small businesses.

Half of all agreements followed a template, and consultant Enterprise Initiatives produced a quarter of all 339 agreements studied, mocking the Government's claim that its law was about increasing employer-employee negotiation, and eliminating the third parties.

The study shows Saturday penalty rates were abolished in 76 per cent of WorkChoices collective agreements, Sunday penalties in 71 per cent, overtime rates in 68 per cent, public holiday rates in 60 per cent, and paid breaks in 55 per cent.

All these conditions were stamped "protected by law" in government advertising in 2005.

The study has, for the first time, calculated the real-world pay rates for workers in retail and hospitality who are moved from award rates to new non-union collective agreements, by modelling how standard rosters in these industry interacted with the new pay rates. They found most people were worse off, with part-time, casual and weekend workers hardest hit.

A casual worker in a liquor store doing 12 hours on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday could lose up to 38 per cent of pay, or $114.27 a week. A permanent full-timer working some weekends and overtime could lose up to $145 a week, or 20 per cent of salary.

From the Age

No big surprises, but rather very predictable and sad. Exploiting the most vulnerable. I loved the bit about "protected by law". So what is the story Smiling Joe Hockey?

Workchoices - Beware of Polished Turds

After spending millions to develop the now hated Workchoices Brand, used to promote changes to industrial relations in Australia, HowardCo have decided to junk it and are now spending millions more to tone down and reassure the Australian public about the despised reforms. Know where you stand is the theme. Make sure you don't stand on a turd, even a nicely polished one, more like.