Holy fuck! An update!

[karlski]

Yeah, so it looks like that lofty goal I had of a column per week has been blown out of the water. On reflection that's not so surprising, given that I'm working just under ten hours a day four days a week and the fifth day I'm at university. Add in study, sleep, an oncoming cold and the occasional bout of mindless self-indulgence, I haven't really

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[ozzyols]

It was interesting to watch the ABC the other night when they looked into the changes post AWA that have been implemented. It seems that there has been a lot of rewording, but when you get down to the brass tacks... it's pretty much the same deal... nothing has really been changed

[karlski]

Flippant answer ahoy - don't get offended. I'm quite ill and irascible.

Basically yes, that's all well and good, but then you have the AWA which a friend of mine, let's call him Barlski, has been given. This agreement wasn't negotiable, there was no discussion and he was pushed into signing it for fear of being fired otherwise which, since he was a contractor at the time, was perfectly legal.

So yeah, totally, an AWA which cannot be negotiated or changed in any way shape or form and which you are pressured into signing and which gives you performance-based incentives when roughly half of your work is dependent on the speed of remote operators is just a simply fantastic concept. Yeah, that's an individually negotiated contract that's better for employer and employee.

Pardon me while I go have a sarcasm fit in the corner.

[ozzyols]

Ahhh me thinks me seeing the light!

Well that sucks... but was the AWA negotiated at all by Barlski's company union? I know our ones are in consultation.

[karlski]

The AWA was not available for negotiation.

At all.

The company had decided that this is what they were going to offer, hope you like it.