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Fair Work for Whom?

Big Business Yes - Workers – No

Amidst the horse trading in the Senate over the Fair Work Bill one crucial fact has been lost. Despite their passionate commitment to rip up Work Choices, Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard have done the very opposite.

'Mr Rudd and Ms Gillard were elected on the back of working people and the Your Rights at Work campaign. Now they are in Parliament, they have blatantly disregarded their promises to Aussie workers,' says the Bill's greatest critic, ETU Secretary Dean Mighell.

A video on the www.fairwork.org.au website highlights the hypocrisy of the Deputy PM and the unfairness of the Fair Work Bill. The video is highly embarrassing for the government. It shows the Deputy PM passionately condemning the same laws she has retained in the Fair Work Bill.

This video is a must watch for every journalist in the land and can be found at the campaign website (or below): www.fairwork.org.au

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Comments

How do I know what I should get paid?

It can be quite complicated in determining this question. First, you have to determine what agreement covers your employment. Next, you then have to interpret the terms in the agreement. If you were a member, you will get the assistance of experienced union officials and the ETU legal department, who answers such questions like this everyday.

My husband is having problems with his employer and thinks he may be sacked. If he joins the Union will they help?

Members get the benefit of the ETU legal department that can represent them on any employment issues – including unfair dismissal. Non-members will have to get their own legal representation which will cost them potentially tens of thousands of dollars.

My son is a second year apprentice and has been working on his own and he does not get paid for overtime, is this okay for an employer to do this?

It is not okay for the Employer to do this. If your son is a member, the ETU has a designated Apprentices Officer who specializes in issues of Apprentices Supervision and Pay and will assist apprentices who are members on these and other relevant issues to the apprenticeship.