Lifelong Liberals, swinging voters, Labor supporters, Greens - this time six months ago we all united around the need to get rid of WorkChoices.
Today the ACTU is launching a new ad to remind politicians from all parties what the nation said loud and clear at the ballot box: our rights at work are worth fighting for.
Just because the Howard Government was defeated at the last election doesn't mean WorkChoices is dead. While the Rudd Government came good on its promise to scrap new AWAs as soon as it was elected, most of the new laws getting rid of Work Choices will not be introduced into Parliament until later this year.
That's only if the Liberals and other parties don't try and hold them up - and big business doesn't try and water them down.
This ad is the first of a new series that supports our ongoing campaign rights at work: the right to bargain collectively, protection from unfair dismissal, the right to be represented by a union, better pay and conditions, and the right for all workers to have a say in the workplace.
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