Polling shows overwhelming support for better rights for working people in marginal seats nationwide
23 April 2018
New polling in 11 key federal seats nationwide shows massive support for the ACTU’s Change the Rules agenda for more secure jobs and better pay.
The ACTU and ReachTel polled more than 800 people in the seats of Petrie, Forde, Bonner, Leichhardt, Capricornia, Flynn, Robertson, Banks, Gilmore, Hasluck and Swan.
The polling indicates broad support for stronger equal pay laws, measures to reduce insecure work, flexible working arrangements for carers, and family and domestic violence leave.
A majority of people in the seats polled supported better bargaining laws that go beyond enterprise-only bargaining, restoring the right to take industrial action as a last resort, changing
the law to stop wage theft, and preventing an over-reliance on casual work by employers.
The polling also shows that local people are concerned about their living standards, with most saying they expected their own living standards to either stay the same or go backwards.
Quotes attributable to ACTU Secretary Sally McManus:
23 April 2018
New polling in 11 key federal seats nationwide shows massive support for the ACTU’s Change the Rules agenda for more secure jobs and better pay.
The ACTU and ReachTel polled more than 800 people in the seats of Petrie, Forde, Bonner, Leichhardt, Capricornia, Flynn, Robertson, Banks, Gilmore, Hasluck and Swan.
The polling indicates broad support for stronger equal pay laws, measures to reduce insecure work, flexible working arrangements for carers, and family and domestic violence leave.
A majority of people in the seats polled supported better bargaining laws that go beyond enterprise-only bargaining, restoring the right to take industrial action as a last resort, changing
the law to stop wage theft, and preventing an over-reliance on casual work by employers.
The polling also shows that local people are concerned about their living standards, with most saying they expected their own living standards to either stay the same or go backwards.
Quotes attributable to ACTU Secretary Sally McManus:
- “People around Australia are telling us that working people need fairer pay and more secure jobs.
- “These people are telling the Turnbull Government that working people need stronger rights, that protections for working people have been eroded and that we are not getting the secure jobs and fair pay rises that we need.
- “We can change the rules so the people have more secure jobs, fair pay and a better quality.
- “Instead of addressing the concerns of the overwhelming majority of the community, the Turnbull Government is persisting with $65 billion in corporate tax cuts for big businesses and the banks.”
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