Published: October 23, 2018
Australia is one of the world’s most affluent countries, but its wealth no longer flows on to employees. How did things get so out of whack?
On Tuesday, an estimated 150,000 people took to the streets in Melbourne and elsewhere, demanding that the federal government take action on the wage freeze sweeping our country. For the first time in living memory, workers are living through a low wage crisis. Since 2013, their income has gone backwards. Meanwhile, profits are rising five times faster than wages.
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