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SA WORK LAWS LAST LINE OF DEFENCE
14 November 2006
UNIONS STRENGTHEN RESOLVE TO DEFEAT UNFAIR LAWS
South Australia's Industrial Relations system is now the only for many South Australian workers, following the High Court's ruling that the Federal Government's controversial work laws are valid.
SA Unions Secretary, Janet Giles says it is absolutely crucial that the state system remains rock solid.
"SA Unions completely rejects the call by Business SA's Peter Vaughan for the state IR system to be scraped."
"It is a knee jerk reaction that, if it could be taken seriously, would mark Peter Vaughan as an even more rabid ideologue than John Howard!"
"Surely he must realise that such a move would damage our state's best interests", Ms Giles says.
"The South Australian Industrial Relations system is not just the last bastion of defence against the worst excesses of the federal laws; it is the system which thanks to its low disputation levels has given our state an important competitive advantage over others - most notably in areas such as big defence contracts."
"That Peter Vaughan wants to get rid of a system that works to protect South Australia's economy and employment is frightening."
"He is way out of step with his own membership, many of whom are small businesses wanting to treat their employees fairly," Ms Giles says.
"Thankfully, we have every confidence that the state government is discerning and will treat Mr Vaughan's ridiculous call for the states to surrender their IR systems with the contempt it deserves," Ms Giles says.
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