It is well-established that the right to strike is protected under the International Labour Organizationβs and . However, this is another internationally recognised right that Prime Minister Scott Morrisonβs Coalition government has been incrementally eroding.
Proper Use of Workers Benefits Bill
Tony Abbott was elected in 2013 on the βpromiseβ that the Coalitionβs proposed industrial relations legislation, Work Choices, was βdead, buried and crematedβ.
Of course, few workers genuinely believed that an incoming Coalition government would keep its word. Certainly, construction workers knew it was only a matter of time before they were in the firing line.