Around 28 people joined a protest outside Harvey Norman on May 28 to support the Australian Union Council’s proposal to increase the workforce by 3.5% through the annual wage review.
The company billionaire retailer Gerry Harvey has proposed postponing any increase in the country’s lowest paid workers by six months.
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Despite increasing profits 116% during the six months following the COVID-19 shutdown, Harvey Norman has insisted on keeping the entire $ 22 million JobKeeper allowance that he was paid. </ Australian Union Council Secretary Sally McManus said May 28th that Harvey Norman had doubled his profits from the global pandemic, "benefited from a delay in the last wage increase and then refused to repay JobKeeper".
» Prime Minister Morrison must also stop supporting big business demands for real wage cuts. What the economy needs now is people with money to spend. «
» For many workers, a 3.5% increase would be after almost one Decades of low wage growth mean a significant difference. » McManus said the minimum wage needs to rise to help those who need it most – about half of all wage workers have insecure odd jobs.
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