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ETU and independents join forces

The China Advantage 

Stark wage rate and safety differentials


Led by the veteran independent from the federal seat of Kennedy, Bob Katter, Independents Rob Oakeshott (Lyne) and Tony Windsor (New England) joined state secretary of the Victorian branch of the Electrical Trades Union, Dean Mighell, and former Wills independent Phil Cleary in launching a report into the implications of the proposed free trade deal with China. Commissioned by the ETU and written by researcher, Rick Brown, the report 'The China Advantage' cites stark wage rate and safety differentials and the undervaluing of the Chinese Yuan as major reasons why a free trade deal with China will cost thousands of Australian jobs.

Dean Mighell and Bob Katter were at pains to point out that it was the fallacy of free trade, not the spectre of an emerging China, that they saw as the problem.
 

More information about the issues can be found at the campaign website www.saveaussiejobs.org.au
  
The report can be downloaded here 

View a video of the launch press conference below:


  

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