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:
Glenn says:
Living below the threshold.
Pollies don’t struggle like we do.
Vicky says:
i am poor
Ramandeep says:
Our salary package is not enough for me .
carly says:
Every thing is expensive
LUI JOSEPH DALTON says:
people don’t seem to get ahead of expenses these days
Shaun says:
I want to be a part of setting the standard for hard working Australians and their families
Son says:
Because I don’t have enough to buy something for my kids. It’s too expensive to buy.
Madelyn says:
Because everyone has a family to feed, needs a roof over their heads and to live the life they want to live. No one should be living paycheck by paycheck week by week. We all work hard and should be rewarded with no stress.
Charlie Shaun says:
Too many people in this country are struggling – lucky country my arse!
Jacquiline says:
Everybody needs to be on a fair wage. The politicians and CEOs of companies don’t have a clue what it’s like to struggle to pay bills and put food on the table. The politicians give themselves pay rises whenever they like and basically get everything supplied. They need to come into the real world.
Simone says:
Because working families are struggling too much!
Rose says:
I can barely get by each week. Living paycheque to paycheque, while the rich and politicians get huge tax breaks and we get nothing, I don’t go out and do things as I don’t have any spare cash to do things.
Marlene says:
Everybody deserves a decent wage
Alexander says:
It is important that I let the country know that living in poverty when you have a full time job is beyond unacceptable.
If you put in the effort and time for a business, then your wages should reflect this.
Estela says:
We can’t keep living in a low wage
Minjie says:
My family is living under pressure from the increasing cost of living. All prices are going up, except our wages. I do believe that the increase of the wage should cover the inflation rate at least, otherwise no one would like to work here, when they can find a higher pay.
Peter says:
Housing needs to be affordable.
Isaac says:
Just to have a decent life. Be able to provide for my family. Also, let the rules be changed to be fair and equal for all and not for some.
Paul says:
Cost of living is going upwards and the minimum wage is not keeping up.
Isabella says:
People working shouldn’t be struggling between paying their rent and bills or buying groceries. They should be able to afford all their needs and have extra left over to save and enjoy their free time. It’s disgusting that the people who enforce and create these laws and regulations get paid more and more, whilst everyone else is struggling. People shouldn’t need to hustle or have multiple jobs to get by. It’s wrong.
