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October 4, 2007

This is one of the better cartoons on AWA's.

AWA's are designed to lower the minimium wage--its to high---and it needs to fall, in real terms, to allow the country to compete internationally, and to keep prices low; and to create flexibility so that in bad economic times, companies can shed staff or lower wages quickly and without penalty, to stay afloat.

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Bill Leak

As you can imagine these are not popular arguments. A big of muscle is therefore needed to ensure that people accept the new work regime in a deregulated, individualised labour market.

| Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at 8:18 AM |