Our cities Town Hall was packed to overflowing this morning as delegates from across all unions including CPSU gathered in Melbourne to launch our 25 rallies in 12 days of action across Australia to #ChangeTheRules

There are 25 rallies across the country – find the one nearest you and commit to coming and bringing your friends.

Here is our six point plan to deliver fair pay rises.

1. Convert the minimum wage into a living wage so no full-time worker lives in poverty. This would deliver an immediate pay increase to 2.3 million people.
2. End wage theft – make sure our work place laws are changed to working people can recover stolen wages and superannuation and make sure there are disincentives for employers who break the law.
3. Awards need to move forward with community standards to stop the widening gap between wages in collective agreements and award minimums.
4. New bargaining rules to give workers more freedom and to make bargaining fairer. Workers should have the option of bargaining across a sector and we need to re-balance the system so it is not stacked in favour of employers.
5. Restore penalty rates to their pre-July 2017 levels and change the laws to stop governments or employers ever cutting them again.
6. Secure equal pay for women.

Come and be part of spreading the message. Attend a change the rules rally in your local area.

Order a Change the Rules t-shirt this week, we’ll get it to you in time for the rally in your area.

Australia needs a pay rise and it’s going to take action to get it.

Australian Unions Team