According to the ABC (25.05.06):
The National Retailers Association is supporting a new workplace agreement offered by the haberdashery chain Spotlight.
The agreement replaces overtime, penalty rates and other employee benefits with a wage increase of two cents per hour.
The [very well-paid] Federal Opposition raised concerns about the agreement in Parliament yesterday.
But the [very well-paid] chief executive of the National Retailers Association, Patrick McKendry, says it is simply a starting point for employees to negotiate a better deal.
“Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah,” he said.
“Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.”
The Federal Opposition says other Australian retail chains are getting ready to offer paltry pay rises in return for not paying overtime and penalty rates.
Labor’s Stephen Smith says he expects Spotlight to be the first of many such agreements.
“Spotlight blah blah blah John Howard’s policy blah blah blah blah,” he said.
“Blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah blah two cents an hour.
“Blah blah blah Spotlight, blah blah John Howard blah blah blah blah blah National Retailers Association blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.”
:: GENERAL STRIKE : JUNE 28, 2006 ::
[Props 2 Luke C]
