MRC Report: Unions Inc Part 2

Casual Lies: Busting the myths about flexible employment

Published: November 2018

Author: John Slater

Introduction: John Slater

The trade union movement claims that an increasing number of workers are being forced into insecure jobs, depriving them of workplace rights and the security of a stable pay-cheque. The ACTU’s solution to this imagined crisis is to re-regulate the labour market, reversing 20 years of largely bi-partisan reforms that began in the mid 1980s. Evidence from around the world shows this would be a disaster for the economy, and for workers.