Friday 7 November 2014

We Do Not Deride 457 Permit Holders, Claim Australian Trade Union

A not-too-happy Australian trade union head has strongly refuted the widespread allegations that unions have made any kind of efforts to criticize the 457 Visa employees even as he elaborated how unions have backed temporary foreign labor force for several years.

Reportedly, the union chief stated that several 457 visa holders keep on putting up with unprincipled recruiters/firms and agents who exploit them. He added that for years now, unions have strongly supported and espoused the cause of the employees of Oz whose right to work &training breaks have been ignored by those recruiters/firms who choose to use the easy alternative of the 457 Permit Scheme.

He elucidated that the union movement takes a great deal of pride in the fact that they have enacted a key role in campaigning on the behalf of all employees negatively influenced by the 457 Plan, adding as part of the discussion surrounding the 457 Visa Scheme, unions over and over again are blamed for being intolerant or using the race card.

He indicated that immigration is a totally an essential part of the thriving Australian story, since migrants have made and continued to make priceless contribution to the nation’s economic, and social, besides cultural life.

The union chief stressed that, via their expertise, labor and inventiveness, migrants have played a decisive role in developing the nation. Unions are principally proud of the truth that 100s of 1000s of their members, throughout the nation, are aliens or are with migrant roots. They know and back the fact that skilled overseas movement will continue to be a key component of the answer to the future national skill requirements of Down Under.

He further stated that when there is a requirement of manpower from abroad on an impermanent ground to fill real scarcities that can’t be managed using the local workers it is vital that the former are given a reasonably satisfactory treatment, are 100% secure in their place of work, get right Australian salaries &conditions, and are in a position to become a part of, and also be duly represented by a union, much like every worker of Oz.

The union head also sketched that cases of misuse are widespread even as these comprise, among others, the 457 Visa employees getting 50% of their income taken away by their sponsoring recruiter/boss to pay for migration agent charges, on the pledge of receiving Permanent Residency (PR).

He also disclosed that since the 457 Permit Scheme became available, as many as 12 reported deaths of the 457 Permit workers have come to light, and every but one such death stook place when lower English language benchmarks were in existence before 2009. He also talked about 100s of 457 Permit holders being poorly paid, or not doing the work they were supposed to be performing with the permit, or both.

Source: http://www.abhinav.com/news/457-permit-holders-claim-australian-trade-union.aspx

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