Mates and I are headed to one of their offices to cheer them on at the 11am walk-out tomorrow (I can take an early lunch break for it). I also heard there might be some action on Thursday, I’ll try my best to get to that.
(If anyone else is able to support them in person, let me know and I’ll get the details and forward them)
I just found the MEAA strike fund page, share it around and throw something in if you can: meaa.org/…/support-abc-staff-standing-up-for-qual…
blind3rdeye@aussie.zone 19 hours ago
If only we had proper resource extraction taxes - then our governments would easily be able to afford the required wage increases.
But alas, allowing massive wealth concentration while our resources get stripped away is just too attractive once kickbacks and favours are taken into account.
eureka@aussie.zone 19 hours ago
From what my friends in ABC, MEAA and CPSU have told me, they can easily afford it. Their funds got restored under Labor as well.
You’re absolutely right that Australia-extraction is an absolute shocker, although we can’t pretend it’s a good excuse for this problem.