Labor pushes to change minimum wage to a 'living wage'
Australia’s Labor Party is promising to change the current minimum wage to a more suitable “living wage” if it wins the next election.
Brendan O’Connor, shadow employment minister, is leading reform efforts with a two-step strategy that focuses on low wage growth, an issue that Labor hopes to zero in on once it faces off with the government in the upcoming elections, The Guardian reported.
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