With forecasts of 5,000 workers to lose their jobs each week over the next 12 months, unions are calling for urgent action to protect workers’ entitlements and more support for working families to survive the economic downturn.
Recent signs of improving business confidence and on stock markets are potentially a false dawn and real economic recovery will only occur when there is significant jobs growth, says the ACTU.
Unions, academics and leading economists presented new research and discussed practical solutions to the jobs crisis at a major forum in Sydney (Monday, 20 July).
The forum, Jobs Summit: Pathways to Recovery, examined the impact of the global economic downturn on working Australians and their families, look at where more support can be provided to prevent job losses and help the unemployed, and explore long-term policies to better protect jobs and incomes in the future.
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