Newly elected Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will sign a letter to the Fair Work Commission on Friday pushing for an increase in the minimum wage.
Speaking to the Australian BC Radio on Friday, Albanese said the letter would notify the Fair Work Commission of the government’s intent to lodge a formal submission on the matter prior to June 7.
The submission will be primarily aimed at workers on the minimum wage of $20.33 an hour, but Albanese said there wouldn’t be a suggestion of what the increased rate should be.
“There won’t be a number in the submission,” he said. “What there will be, though, is the strong view that we have that people who are on the minimum wage simply can’t afford a real wage cut.”…