No profit from poverty!

For decades private employment service providers have taken public money, exploited people doing it tough, and made big bucks.¹

Now, the new Labor Government is weighing up reform.² But any real change won't happen without a fight.

The industry's lobbyist arm — NESA — has proven they'll fight tooth and nail to preserve provider profits.³ And job providers are threatening Labor with legal action.⁴

Profit has no place in publicly-funded welfare services. But fearlessly taking on the multi-billion dollar industry is a big gamble — so let's demonstrate to Labor that bold action has popular support.

Sign the petition: No profit from poverty!

References

[1]'Should Australian companies make millions out of people's unemployment misery?', The Guardian, 27 August 2022.
[2] 'Exclusive: Leaked Burke speech sets stakes for welfare reforms', The Saturday Paper', 8-14 October 2022.
[3] Albanese offers no relief for jobseekers, The Saturday Paper, 16-22 July 2022.

SIGN THE PETITION

To Minister for Employment,Tony Burke MP:

Profit has no place in employment services, and our public money should be for public good. We call on you to:

Cancel the contracts of for-profit job providers;

Establish an accountability system which financially penalises providers for misconduct;

Suspend onerous, forced ‘mutual obligations’.

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