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February 3, 2007 10:50 pm
December 23, 2006 8:27 pm
“Pick the spin” adapted excerpts from Speakers Notes produced by the Southern Adelaide Workers Defence Committee.
1. “Employees on AWA’s earn, on average 13% more than those on collective agreements and 100% more than those on awards” – Gov. (taxpayer funded) ads
100 % more! Seem to good to be true? It is. These figures can only be achieved if you take into account executives and managers (who were always doing better than awards and on individually negotiated contracts and often earn 6 figure sums). The ABS recently reported on earnings from ordinary workers, showing that those on AWA’s earn 2% less than per hour than workers on union negotiated contracts. However the real damage to wages comes to those employed as casuals (earning 15% less) and part-time (25% less!).
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