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Why the war on ‘the gig economy’ when in reality ‘permanency’ is insecurity?
The demand by Australian unions to turn, it seems, all jobs into ‘permanent’ has been mugged in the blink of Covid eye reality. The ACTU’s campaign against ‘insecure work’ is illogical.
When planes can’t fly, ‘permanent’ airline jobs also ‘fly’. Empty hotels mean an emptying out of permanent hospitality jobs. When cruise ships no longer cruise, the impermanency of every ship job hits home. Economic reality determines everything. Like it or not.
The ACTU’s claim that ‘insecure workers’ are more likely to face unemployment is just plain wrong. No job type—permanent, casual, part-time or contract—escaped the Covid mugging.
Even the Victorian government, which wants to make…
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