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:
Michael says:
Everything has gone up except our pay. Needs to be lifted so we can live. We work hard for this and we deserve it
Sonia says:
To be able to make end meet
Ada says:
We need to care for our neighbors.
Julie says:
I work in aged care and can only just afford to pay for food to survive on I can not afford any rewards for myself or my family.
Esther says:
Because the working population is not able to manage life and with the amount we get paid, we can’t even have a day off work because we have to work 2 jobs to pay for our NECESSITIES.
David says:
Don’t get paid enough to cover the cost of every day living
Wang chuo says:
At least can let us have a basic quality life for everyone working hard
Jackson says:
Working class shouldnt be suffering when the wealthy are being looked after by politicians
Zinia says:
We deserve an increase to all the workload we do.
Jayde says:
I have a wage agreed by enterprise agreement that is essentially governed by the award and by the tender process of major government departments that all aim to establish the lowest paid positions of essential workers Australia wide.
Dianne says:
The Australian cost of living has increased beyond the average Australians income. Without supporting this section of population, there is a great division between wealthy and those on an average income.
Corey says:
Because after a hard day’s work I should be able to afford the basic essentials without having to work multiple jobs.
Melody says:
I rely on the government to set my wage and give me a fair go
Natasha says:
We every day workers who work tirelessly need to be acknowledged for the tremendous work we put into our workplace.
Carolyn says:
I need to be paid more when I do long shifts
Lornaly says:
The cost of living is too expensive now
Cornelia says:
Worried about the uncertainty and stress caused by low wages affecting so many of us.
Kerrie says:
Every person throughout Australia should be able to afford to live and have enough money to cover their rent/mortgage and bills/food/holidays and a little entertainment. The politicians get endless holidays, time abroad, gourmet foods and goods. The Australian people just want to live and be able to have a break once in a while.
Meha says:
We deserve pay raise as we shape lives and change lives of little people.
Matt says:
Hate being underpaid.
