In this resolution, the 4th ITUC-AP Regional Conference condemns the Morrison Government’s extreme, anti-democratic, so-called ‘Ensuring Integrity’ bill, currently before the Australian Parliament. The bill is an attack on the basic rights of all working people in Australia to join, run, and be represented by the union of their choice. The ITUC-AP notes with concern that this legislation will restrict freedom of association, the right to organise, and the right to collectively bargain, in violation of ILO’s Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention.
It calls upon the Australian Senate to respect international labour laws and reject the ‘Ensuring Integrity’ bill.