Episode 103: The jobs summit, wages, unequal pay day and tax cuts

Van Badham and Ben Davison devote a BUMPER EPISODE to talking
through: the modern Australian workplace ahead of Labor's Jobs
and Skills Summit, the leadership of Sally McManus, Australian
unions AND small business to get multi-employer bargaining back
into the national discussion, and the *insane* suggestion of
sending 13-year-olds into the workforce, and the origins of such
a dopey idea.  Ben and Van also share the personal stories
of three workers, Janene, Chris and Paul, who are making the case
for change.  Like Janene, Chris and Paul you can become a
member of your union at australianunions.org.au/wow


Unequal payday happened this week and the ACTU released a report
showing how we can unlock $111Billion by empowering women in the
workplace and closing the gender pay gap.  Van and Ben
examine some of the findings.


We also talk about the planned Stage 3 tax cuts, as per listener
request, with our views on why they are bad, why they are not a
pressing issue and why Dutton wants this to be the story instead
of Jobs and Skills.


We talk about SO much stuff, in fact, that our good news story
for the week (about polystyrene!) is going up on our supporter
page at www.buymeacoffee.com/weekonwednesday