The Liberal National government has already cut penalty rates for hundreds of thousands of workers. Now they’re looking at who’s next – and it could be you.
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Save Our Weekend retweeted
My mum worked hard all her life as a retail pharmacist, rarely took lunch breaks because customers always came in the shop.
She's never earned even close to half of $200k.
And the Liberals voted 8 times to cut her penalty rates #haveago
PM #ScottMorrison spells out the justification for tax cuts that disproportionately benefit those earning over $200k. “The harder (people) work, the more they earn, the more they keep of what they earn.”
Save Our Weekend retweeted
.@RichardMarlesMP on Newstart: The first thing that could be done is not attack penalty rates, which is what this govt does. It is up to this govt to come up with a proposition in respect of wage stagnation & do something about this.
MORE: bit.ly/2YpSyEI #firstedition
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Still finding it hard to swallow, he got an $11,000 wage rise the week he cut penalty rates!!!
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The guy currently getting paid (more than $1m/year) to eat bisque and caviar has publicly campaigned against paying penalty rates to hospo workers working Sundays #MasterChefAU #Mastertheft
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BREAKING: George Calombaris unites with co-workers, stops working because he's not being paid enough. You cannot make this stuff up. #MasterTheft
#BREAKING: Matt Preston, Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris dropped from Channel 10's Masterchef Australia. #MasterChefAU bit.ly/32Ov23J
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Imagine saying low-paid hospo workers are paid too much and that penalty rates are hurting your profits (while living in a Toorak mansion), only to then unionise with your co-workers & quit because your $1 MILLION+ per season salary is too low!
#WageTheft #MasterchefAU
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Save Our Weekend retweeted
Honorable mention to that time he slammed penalty rates as an "unsustainable business model"
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Reminder that George Calombaris was a high-profile public advocate for cutting weekend penalty rates – whinging how much it cost him.
Turns out he wasn't even paying them.
Save Our Weekend retweeted
What a joke - George Calombaris gets slapped with a $200,000 fine for underpaying his staff millions. There needs to be harsher penalties for ripping off workers. bit.ly/2M6H2Yr
Save Our Weekend retweeted
My latest for @theheraldsun considers the negative effects of constantly chipping away at penalty rates.
heraldsun.com.au/rendezview/…
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Tweeting in solidarity with workers to defend their penalty rates shouldn't entail a first and final warning from your boss.
Tell @PenguinBooksAus to withdraw its warning immediately.
megaphone.org.au/petitions/d…
#newchapter #MEAAMedia
Save Our Weekend retweeted
My report for @CntrFutureWork shows job-creation slowed badly in both retail & hospo after penalty rates cut July2017, even as job-creation sped up in other sectors. Maybe putting money in workers' pockets is actually good for the economy? futurework.org.au/two_years_… @unionsaustralia
Save Our Weekend retweeted
Next round of #penaltyrates cuts for hospitality , retail, fast food & pharmacy workers take effect today. This is what the #LNP really thinks of low income workers #auspol
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We’re so proud of @SDAunion and @UnitedVoiceOz members who went to Parliament House to talk about how more penalty rate cuts add even more pressure to the rising cost of living. #ausunions #auspol
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Hundreds of thousands of Australian workers will have their penalty rates cut again today because Scott Morrison refuses to reverse this unfair decision. au.finance.yahoo.com/news/20… #auspol
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Today is the third year, in a row, that the Liberal/National coalition have overseen cuts to weekend & public holiday pay rates
Today is also the day Morrison gets an $11,000 pay rise & demands a $10,000 tax cut for himself
#auspol #PenaltyRates
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Today’s cuts to #penaltyrates will be a big hit to many young Australians working in retail, fast food and hospitality. These workers are already on low wages, and cutting penalty rates will only make it harder to pay rent and bills #auspol
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If you have a go, you get a go: teapawt.org/samanthamaiden/status/…
Scott Morrison gets $11,000 pay rise, the day workers lose penalty rates. And if the tax cuts pass he doubles his money in 2024 with an $11k annual tax cut 💰💰 thenewdaily.com.au/news/nati…
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.@AlboMP: @AustralianLabor opposed penalty rate cuts because they're vital for people to put food on the table and pay their bills. We don't believe penalty rates should be cut, which they will be on July 1, yet again.
MORE: bit.ly/2L4yxhD #amagenda #auspol