Should workers who aren’t union members be compelled to stump up for pay deals negotiated on their behalf? It's a question the ACTU is being pressured to answer.
State unions are banding together to pressure the Australian Council of Trade Unions to debate whether workers who aren’t union members should be compelled to stump up for pay deals negotiated on their behalf as the federal government readies its next round of industrial relations reforms.
“I’d expect there to be a discussion about it, absolutely,” King told this masthead. “They’re going to have to make a call on it.” Charging a bargaining fee was outlawed by former Liberal prime minister John Howard – a stance maintained under the Rudd-Gillard governments – after multiple unions tried to insert clauses into their enterprise agreements.The High Court ruled against a levy in 2004 in a legal challenge brought against the Australian Workers’ Union.
But when the peak body was pressed on whether it would push to have restrictions on collective agreements loosened, ACTU assistant secretary Scott Connolly said the organisation was focused on using the most recent industrial reforms to win pay rises and improve working conditions. King said the reforms placed the onus on unions to negotiate for workers’ rights across various industries.
SA Unions secretary Dale Beasley said he shared the view of his counterparts, adding “we’ve got a big problem in our country where those union members are forced to subsidise their colleagues who aren’t contributors.”“In my decade as a union official, the most consistent complaints from members during wage negotiations was that people who contributed nothing to the outcome got to share equally in the reward,” Beasley said.
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