here is the Workers Online glossary of IR weasel words:
- 'Productivity' means 'working longer and harder for less'
- 'Flexibility' means 'losing working rights'
- 'More jobs' mean 'more casual jobs'
- 'Choice' means 'sign here'
- 'Competitive' means 'competing for wages with China and India'
- 'IR reform' means 'destroying unions'
There's one other weasel word that we keep hearing being bandied about, namely 'national interest', and it is the ultimate justification for this attack on workers' rights.
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