Who should the Australian Council of Trade Unions really be aiming its focus on?
Last week in Federal Parliament, amendments were introduced to strengthen workers’ rights — locking in safety standards and ensuring no worker goes backwards.
Who voted for stronger protections?
The Greens and crossbench Senators (including David Pocock, Lidia Thorpe, Tammy Tyrrell), alongside other parties such as One Nation.
Who voted against them?
Labor and the Coalition.
Yet Sally McManus has chosen to publicly attack other parties on workers’ rights.
But Labor is meant to stand for workers. So why are they voting against stronger protections?
If strengthening workers’ rights is the priority, then the focus should be on holding to account those who claim to represent workers — but fail to back it when it matters.
