An inquiry to start in Victoria into insecure work must form part of a national discussion around the precarious reality faced by Australia’s workforceI acquire worked in five industries over the course of my adult life,and in none of them did I acquire what my parents’ generation would recognise as a permanent job.
Five years ago, living in post-financial crisis London, or budget cuts to the arts,local government and education sectors returned me to working in hospitality. I strapped on an apron and I tended the bar in a theatre cafe, was paid £8 an hour for eight-hour shifts that lasted 10 hours.
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Source: theguardian.com