Business shamed over AWA

Saturday, October 21, 2006 - 10:00

On October 13, 50 people from the local Your Rights at Work campaign group protested outside a real estate agent's office over his attempt to pressure Gail Austin, a long-term employee, to sign an Australian Workplace Agreement (individual contract) that "would have slashed [her] income by $30,000", according to Workers Online. Austin said that she was told to sign the agreement or quit. Mark Ptolemy from the Your Rights at Work group said: "This company has done nothing illegal, but that doesn't mean its actions are not highly immoral."

From GLW issue 688

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