LETTER: Form reversal disappointing
FORMER Labor Minister and ACTU boss Martin Ferguson (pictured), in his new role as chair of Tourist Accommodation Australia, is calling for cuts to penalty rates in the tourism industry (‘‘Call for cut to penalty rates’’ Herald 16/6).
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What a form reversal from an ex-union stalwart.
Probably half the homeowners in Newcastle were able to borrow and repay home loans on the strength of penalty rates.
They were needed to supplement the meagre wages paid by most of the big industrial companies.
Some worked their staff around the clock in unpleasant and sometimes dangerous situations.
John William Hill, Williamtown
