AMWU - campaign STOP 457 VISA EXPLOITATION

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The 457 visa program, set up by the Howard Government, allows employers to import overseas workers on less pay than Australian workers, force them to sign individual contracts, pay dubious fees for immigration costs, and face deportation if they question their conditions.
We need the new Rudd Government to fix it.

The AMWU is campaigning against this disgraceful abuse of overseas workers.
This site will help you to learn more about the deliberate use of 457 temporary visas by employers to drive down wages and conditions in Australia, and how you can help stand up for all workers' rights to decent pay and fair treatement at work.

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First Name*	Your Message Dear Minister, Australia's skilled visa program and the abuses occurring under it are a disgrace, and a national embarrassment. I ask that you re-establish the minimum requirements and safeguards that the Howard government removed in 2001. Checks to establish local labour shortages, health and safety training, and qualification standards should be a minimum part of any skilled immigration program. Overseas workers are more easily exploited because they are at the mercy of their employer. They cannot join their fellow workers in industrial action or standing up for their rights without fear of being fired and forced to leave the country. In many cases, they are also not even paid the same rate of pay. Overseas workers need to have the same rights, the same pay, and the same conditions as their Australian co-workers. I further ask that your government invest in more training and apprenticeships, as well as research, development and better industry standards to improve opportunities and job security in Australia. Yours sincerely.
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Australia's skilled immigration system allows migrant workers to be underpaid and exploited. The minimum requirements for checks on 457 visas that the Howard government removed in 2001 should be restored. Checks to establish local labour shortages, health and safety training, and qualification standards should be a minimum part of any skilled immigration program.

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