Sign the pledge to Save our Aussie Weekend

In the last two weeks, 4000 people have pledged to Save our Aussie Weekend – what an incredible response!

Just like 87 per cent of Aussies surveyed recently, you don’t want bosses to cut penalty rates that fairly compensate those who work unsocial hours and miss out on precious time with friends and family.

Even if you don’t work on weekends, your time with family and friends is still under threat. That’s because if penalty rates disappear, it won’t your cost employer one cent more to make you work on Saturdays and Sundays.

Let’s double the pledges to Save our Aussie Weekend: click here to share Save Our Aussie Weekend on Facebook, Twitter and email!

Make no mistake – the attack on our weekends is in full flight, right now. Independent Senator Nick Xenophon also introduced a bill in Federal Parliament to remove weekend penalty rates in the restaurant, catering and retail industries. Those employers claim penalty rates are “archaic.”

If they succeed, penalty rates could soon be threatened all across the country. People working in aged care, nursing, manufacturing and countless other industries could all suffer.

This is about defending our weekends, but it’s also about much more than that.

Many of us rely on penalty rates, giving up time with family and friends to pay our bills and meet our mortgages. Without penalty rates, we will find ourselves a lot worse off and may even need to find a second job to simply keep our heads above water.

Ultimately this is a fight for a fair economy for all Australians. We want an economy that works for every one of us, not one that just helps increase the profits of the few.

You and thousands of others have already signed the pledge – that’s an amazing start. But to win this campaign we need to send an even louder message to employers.

Please share this on Facebook, Twitter and email – starting with five of your friends and colleagues.

With your help, we can hit 8,000 pledges this week, and leave employers and politicians in no doubt that our sacred Aussie weekend is something we will never surrender.

Many  thanks,

Louise Tarrant,
National Secretary
United Voice

P.S. If you would like to share your story about what penalty rates mean to you and your family, email us at saveourweekend@unitedvoice.org.au.