Howard’s labour agenda for women

Date: 04 July 2005

So much for work and family policies

An Evatt Foundation Sunset Seminar will discuss the implications of Howard's industrial relations changes for women, tomorrow, 5 July.

What will the Howard government's industrial relations changes mean for women's working conditions, for women's ability to access union representation, and what are the broader implications for gender equity in the workplace and society?

Will the changes exacerbate problems of lower pay, fewer entitlements and job insecurity?

How can the proposals be squared with the government's professed commitment to better work and family policies?

Three specialists on women and work will address these questions at an Evatt Foundation seminar in Sydney tomorrow evening, 5 July.

Justine Evesson, a Senior Researcher with the Australian Centre for Industrial Relations Research and Training (ACIRRT) will join with Annie Owens, NSW Secretary of the LHMU, and Meg Smith, a lecturer at the University of Western Sydney, to present a discussion of the promises and pitfalls of Howard's new industrial relations regime for working women.

The seminar will be chaired by Dr Rae Cooper, Vice President of the Evatt Foundation and one of Australia's leading researchers on industrial relations.

This is an Evatt Sunset Seminar, and it is on Tuesday 5 July at the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street Sydney.

Refreshments will be served from 5.30 pm, the seminar will commence at 6.00 pm, and the discussion will conclude at 7.00 pm.

FURTHER INFORMATION:
See the article on the Evatt Foundation's website at: http://evatt.org.au/events/20_20050531.html
Email: evatt@unsw.edu.au
Contact: Jeannette McHugh, phone 9387 3199.
Address: Evatt Foundation, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW, 2052.

For further information

Contact:	Evatt Foundation
Union:	The Evatt Foundation
Phone:	(02) 9385 7137
Email:	evatt@unsw.edu.au
WWW:	http://evatt.org.au/events/20_20050531.html

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