Please read the joint submission by Migrant Workers Alliance for Change and Caregivers Action Centre entitled
Stronger Together:
Delivering on the Constitutionally Protected Right to Unionize for Migrant Workers
This submission was written by Fay Faraday, a member of Migrant Workers Alliance for Change and part of the Equal Pay Coalition.
You can download and read the submission here.
Migrant workers earn low wages and have work permits tied to one employer. This creates a context of rampant abuse and exploitation. Yet they are legally denied the right to unionize and collectively bargain.
Despite the recommendations of the Changes Workplaces Review, the current proposals in Bill 148 do not address or correct the the denial of these fundamental rights to migrant workers.
We are demanding that the exclusion domestic workers, agricultural workers and horticultural workers from the Labour Relations Act must be repealed. We also demand that the Labour Relations Action be reformed to enable broader based bargaining where migrant workers are employed.
For more information about this submission, contact info@migrantworkersalliance.org.
