Raise the walls! Pickle the meat! Freeze the wages!
On today's decision by the Australian Fair Pay Commission to freeze minimum wages, Chairman and Professor Emeritus Ian Harper said -
“This is not the time to risk the jobs of low paid Australians by increasing minimum wages. The social consequences of extended joblessness, especially for families, are considerable and well-known. The Commission considers that its decisions should not exacerbate the risk of unemployment for the most vulnerable groups of workers.”
Harper ... you're a dickhead.
If you happen to be at next week's Melbourne meeting, please explain whether WA's minimum wage rate (which is $25 higher) has caused more people to be unemployed.....
“This is not the time to risk the jobs of low paid Australians by increasing minimum wages. The social consequences of extended joblessness, especially for families, are considerable and well-known. The Commission considers that its decisions should not exacerbate the risk of unemployment for the most vulnerable groups of workers.”
Harper ... you're a dickhead.
If you happen to be at next week's Melbourne meeting, please explain whether WA's minimum wage rate (which is $25 higher) has caused more people to be unemployed.....