Stop the China Free Trade Agreement
If high unemployment wasn’t bad enough
Tony Abbott has just signed the China FTA, a trade agreement negotiated in
secret that will see local workers abandoned - locked out of good jobs.
Please email your MP today to tell them that you do not support the China FTA and that we need to create jobs and not destroy them by trading them away.
Please email your MP today to tell them that you do not support the China FTA and that we need to create jobs and not destroy them by trading them away.
Under the Agreement:
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Chinese companies that invest $150
million or more in a project will be able to bring in temporary workers;
·
There will be no requirement that jobs
be offered to local workers first; and
·
Chinese companies will be able to sue
Australian Governments if they believe that an Australian law adversely impacts
on their businessSo while Abbott is trumpeting the benefits of the deal, the
simple truth is it will destroy job opportunities and we will give up our right
to make laws beneficial for working people.
The deal will also allow Chinese
companies to compete unfairly against local companies because they are:
·
Often unfairly subsidised by their
government;
·
Not bound by fair labour laws that provide
workers with decent wages and conditions; and
·
Able to ignore environmental standards
and regulations
That’s why we need to stand up to Abbott and his mates in big business who are the only ones benefitting from this.
Help us stop the China FTA.
In unity,
Ged Kearney
ACTU President
P.S. Please email your MP today to tell them that you do not support the China FTA and that we need to create good jobs for local workers, not trade them away
