WE DEMAND:
A Living Wage For Every Worker
TO: SENATOR MURRAY WATT, MINISTER FOR EMPLOYMENT & WORKPLACE RELATIONS.
Right now, our minimum wage is an express train to working poverty, and many award pay rates aren’t much better.
We call on the Australian Government to create new rules to ensure the minimum wage is a living wage.
We believe that every worker on the minimum wage should earn enough to properly support a family and have a dignified life.
Rethink the purpose of the minimum wage. It shouldn’t be there just to stop you hitting rock bottom – it should create a strong foundation so that every worker can earn a living wage and properly support a family.
A plan to fight working poverty. The Federal Government must build a plan to rebuild the living standards of people on the minimum wage and award wages.
Set a hard target to lift up Australia’s minimum wage. The minimum wage should be no less than 60% of what people on middle incomes are earning and this target should increase over time.
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WHY IT’S IMPORTANT:
Australia’s minimum wage system is broken. Too many Australians on minimum and award wages just don’t earn enough to meet our basic needs, including paying for ever-increasing housing costs, groceries and utility bills. We should be able to meet these basic needs and still be able to afford a decent quality of life.
A major gap between workers on the minimum and those on middle incomes has emerged. Meanwhile, corporate profits are booming and CEOs are paying themselves mega-salaries and eye-watering bonuses as they try to hold down our wages. This is not the Australia we want.
But we can start to turn this around by ensuring that the minimum wage is a living wage.
We know that when we raise wages at the bottom, everyone benefits. By raising the floor we help workers everywhere push for more. A rising tide lifts all boats.
OUR MINIMUM WAGE IS BROKEN, BECAUSE:
Krieger feuer says:
Because my salary isn’t enough for the cost of living, everything is very expensive
Kylie says:
I’m a single income family, I can’t afford to accept low pay.
Barbara says:
No one in full time work should be living in poverty
Janine says:
I want to be paid fairly for the work I do and not live on the poverty line
Vithal says:
I am renting and nearly half of my monthly wages after tax goes to pay just rent only. It is true for every house hold who is renting and on award or above award wages. After all it gives us little or no motivation to come to work as it helps us barely just to survive.
Junior says:
Cost of living has skyrocketed in the last 2 years and wages are still the same
Lee says:
It’s important we keep pushing collectively for our rights
Leisa says:
I work a full 80 hour fortnight and can’t afford to eat properly, I can’t afford petrol for work let alone any luxuries.
I work my ass off and feel like I’m underpaid and overworked.
Jelly says:
It is really important because of the inflation , everything is getting so expensive that no one can afford to buy things.
Amanda says:
Because I know people who are working in a job they enjoy for not enough money. To have people continue in these roles, there needs to be adequate remuneration.
Kelly says:
Because in Australia we should not have the level of poverty we currently face and people should not have to live in tents.
Daniel says:
It upsets me how willing the government is to effectively ignore this issue while pretending they are doing something about it.
Barry says:
The more of us join an help each other out the easier to get what we need/want.
Diane says:
Because “minimum wage” is the least employers are forced to pay, it must be a wage people can live on not one that can’t meet basic needs..
Minimum wage is the base that other wages are set from. If you are earning above “minimum wage” be grateful to those that went before you because they took action, negotiated, put structures and levels in place to ensure skills were recognised and got you the higher wage.
Minimum wage is also used as a basis for welfare payments like pensions.
Danial says:
Most enterprise agreement are based around the award rate and it has not kept pace with many cost of living factors for several decades and it’s a disgrace
James says:
Because everyone working full time should live comfortably but unfortunately for a lot of people it’s not the case. So many people work 2 jobs so they can stay ahead and try and save some money to enjoy a family holiday and not live week to week.
Bradley says:
I signed because the cost of living is far outstripping the wages people recieve. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting pouring. Large multi-national companies paying workers poor wages, not following agreements, not paying wages correctly. It’s criminal.
Jennifer says:
People working full time should be able to afford rent and food, and not have to go without basics.
Linda says:
Because we have had generations of what I call the ‘working poor’ and we need to break this cycle!!! If you cannot earn enough to cover everyday living expenses, then you are not being paid enough!
Mark says:
My family and I have to work 7 days a week just so we can live
