The case for higher wages

Summary:
I’m a signatory of a public letter on the benefits of stronger wage growth this morning, organized by the Centre for Future Work. In support of the letter, I said For decades, government policy has been designed to weaken unions and push wages down. It’s time to put that process into reverse. A list of all the signers is at this web site: https://www.futurework.org.au/wages_open_letter. That site also contains a media release that was distributed to reporters this morning, and additional quotations in support Media coverage of the letter includes: An article by Stephen Long at ABC: and An article by Amy Remeikis in the Guardian: The editors of the AFR mentioned the letter in the course of an editorial reaffirming the virtues of trickledown economics: And

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