In this episode Deb Smith, the Secretary of Blue Mountains Unions and Community, takes a look at the industrial relations legislation proposed by the Morrison government and the effects it will have on the process of enterprise bargaining and workers ability to negotiate fair wages and conditions.
Unionists and community members fought hard against this legislation and the cross benchers listened. 
Since this episode was broadcast, there were several changes made to the legislation.
"In late March, after facing resistance from the cross bench, the Government put forward a stripped back version of the Bill, with four of the five proposed schedules removed. The revised Bill has now passed the Senate and received royal assent."
"This means that the Act now only makes changes relating to casual employment in the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the FW Act), which took effect from 27 March 2021."
"The Government maintains that it intends to pass the schedules that were dropped at some stage in the future."
You can find more information about the current form of the legislation (as at May 25th 2021) via this link.
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