BUSTING THE MYTHS BEHIND FLEXIBLE EMPLOYMENT

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.