There's only a few more days left to go before we vote on August 21.
But there is still no industrial relations policy from Tony Abbott. In fact he continues to refuse to release one before the election. He claims that business is telling him they want stability and no changes. But the truth is employers want to make lots of changes.
The big business and employer wish list for changes that would reduce rights at work lifts the lid on what Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party have planned if they win the 2010 election. The Liberal Party's silence over industrial relations in this election campaign has been deafening, but the public statements of employer and business groups speak volumes.
We've done an analysis of hundreds of pages of employer submissions, public statements, media reports and other documents which reveals an agenda to:
- strip unfair dismissal rights from workers,
- cut minimum standards,
- remove redundancy protections, and
- reintroduce individual contracts.
- The HR Nicholls Society, a right-wing lobby group, have confirmed our concerns that our recently won rights at work can be wound back through changes to regulations and Ministerial powers, without altering legislation.
Given the business agenda and Mr Abbott's own statements before the election, voters have good reason not to trust the Coalition on WorkChoices.
