It is well-established that the right to strike is protected under the International Labour Organization鈥檚 and . However, this is another internationally recognised right that Prime Minister Scott Morrison鈥檚 Coalition government has been incrementally eroding.
Proper Use of Workers Benefits Bill
Tony Abbott was elected in 2013 on the 鈥減romise鈥 that the Coalition鈥檚 proposed industrial relations legislation, Work Choices, was 鈥渄ead, buried and cremated鈥.
Of course, few workers genuinely believed that an incoming Coalition government would keep its word. Certainly, construction workers knew it was only a matter of time before they were in the firing line.