The Australian Council of Trade Unions’ (ACTU) drive against flexible working arrangements is set to continue throughout the election campaign, with the release of its latest report: “Missing in Action on Secure Jobs.”
Central to the report is the estimate that up to 4.15 million workers all around the country are currently in insecure work, making up 31 percent of the workforce. It’s been noted that this figure, which includes all those in casual work, labour-hire, the gig economy, and those on rolling fixed-term contracts, is far higher than the 2.5 million casual workforce estimate provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
But what is even more interesting is the admission in its own report by the ACTU that insecure work doesn’t mean workers feel insecure.
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