6 July 2005
WIDESPREAD CONCERN AT PROPOSED AUSTRALIAN WORKPLACE REFORMS
Christian church leaders have requested a meeting with Prime Minister John Howard to express concerns about the Federal Government's workplace relations changes.
The National Council of Churches (NCCA), which includes leaders of the Catholic, Anglican, and Uniting churches, as well as 12 other national church groupings, say they are concerned about the impact on workers and want to meet the Prime Minister
"We are uneasy about the bottom line in all this," said the Revd John Henderson, General Secretary of the NCCA. "If this is about Australia remaining competitive as a nation, as Mr Howard has said, then it should not be achieved at the expense of Australian workers and their families. The value of each worker is not as a commodity, but as a person, a human being, loved by God. Our community has values that are more important than economics."
The call follows a similar statement issued by the Australian Catholic Bishops through the Australian Catholic Commission for Employment Relations
"A fair system of workplace relations provides for needs and circumstances of both the employer and employees so that the right decision is made on any matter and not one made out of economic expediency or industrial self-interest" said John Ryan, Executive officer of ACCER
The National Council of Churches (NCCA), which includes leaders of the Catholic, Anglican, and Uniting churches, as well as 12 other national church groupings, say they are concerned about the impact on workers and want to meet the Prime Minister
"We are uneasy about the bottom line in all this," said the Revd John Henderson, General Secretary of the NCCA. "If this is about Australia remaining competitive as a nation, as Mr Howard has said, then it should not be achieved at the expense of Australian workers and their families. The value of each worker is not as a commodity, but as a person, a human being, loved by God. Our community has values that are more important than economics."
The call follows a similar statement issued by the Australian Catholic Bishops through the Australian Catholic Commission for Employment Relations
"A fair system of workplace relations provides for needs and circumstances of both the employer and employees so that the right decision is made on any matter and not one made out of economic expediency or industrial self-interest" said John Ryan, Executive officer of ACCER
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