THE SENATE SHOULD BLOCK MORRISON’S ATTACK ON WORKERS

Scott Morrison’s anti-worker Ensuring Integrity Bill is irredeemable and should be blocked by the Senate.

The Senate Education and Employment Committee report into the Bill has been tabled today.

Labor welcomes the contributions to the report by crossbench senators and agrees this Bill has many problems.

However we do not think it can be salvaged.

This is a Bill that is fundamentally flawed and extremely dangerous. It will be weaponised against unions and by extension Australian workers who need a pay rise.

It will be used to hobble the organisations that fight wage theft and worker exploitation, and ensure safer workplaces.

Labor has contributed a dissenting report that sets out our many problems with this Bill – and makes it clear we will not support this legislation under any circumstances.

We call on the Senate crossbench to stand with Labor to protect workers’ rights, wages and conditions.

FRIDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2019