Kurt Walpole

Australian industrial relations & politics, esp wage bargaining and skills.
PhD Candidate, Sydney University; Student Rep Industrial Relations Society NSW

[Kurt Walpole @kurt_walpole]

Fresh online today! Employee power and influence within the Fair Work Act #apsa
https://t.co/PT15QiucQL pls RT

[Kurt Walpole @kurt_walpole]

Co-editors @Nic_Kimberley Prof Shae McCrystal & I r very proud of AJLL Special Issue covering 10 years of Fair Work Act. Check out all 9 abstracts: https://t.co/jV6zUIeAUj
#changetherules #1u #ausunions #ausbiz #auspol

[Kurt Walpole @kurt_walpole]

Even before #COVID, #ausir was in #crisis: #wagetheft, #wage stagnation & falling #collectivebargaining. We need to rethink the system Full Article: https://t.co/ee4fP3R9RW w @Nic_Kimberley & Prof Shae McCrystal
#changetherules #1u #ausunions #ausbiz #auspol

[Nicholas Bromfield @NicholasBromfi1]

New article from myself and @alexLpage in @AusJPolSci! We find that PMs reproduce a classless, hetero-masculine, and Anglocentric Australianness on Aus Day/Anzac Day. We'd be super appreciative if you share/rewteet. https://t.co/s1KeYcAGCp

[IRS NSW @IRSNSW]

Tomorrow is the last day to score early bird prices to our annual conference at the Crown Plaza, Terrigal 🌴☀️🍹 - get in quick at https://t.co/OcySxQ7BAH

[Kurt Walpole @kurt_walpole]

Interesting to see the proportions of Aus workers doing long hours (>40hrs per week) and very short hours (<10 hrs/w) defining in recent years
#overwork #underemployment #ausecon

[Josh Healy @youralarmbells]

Good explainer from @GrogsGamut on why counting short-hours work isn't distorting our labour force stats https://t.co/bhS3lTGCSD

[Centre for Future Work @CntrFutureWork]

Even #RBA says wages should grow 3.5%/yr or more: to justify 2.5% inflation target plus >1% prod'y growth. Actual wages growing barely half that fast. Oz in weakest sustained period of wage growth since end of WW2. Govt's call to "be patient and wait for the market" wearing thin

[John Budd @JohnWBudd]

Huge congratulations to the distinguished & esteemed Prof. Mark Bray of @Uni_Newcastle upon being honored at #AIRAANZ2019 with the prestigious Vic Taylor Lifetime Achievement Award.

[Jim Stanford @JimboStanford]

This 'principle of no double taxation' never applies to workers: they pay income tax, then GST on after-tax income, then other taxes, fees, tolls, etc. after that. As long as the ultimate final incidence is fair, that's not a problem. Govts collect many taxes from many sources

[Kurt Walpole @kurt_walpole]

Our wonderful stream participants (apologies to those we didn't snap)

[Centre for Future Work @CntrFutureWork]

CFW economist @ak_pennington @ #AIRAANZ2019 conference with Aus labour law gurus. We presented research showing dramatic collapse in EA coverage in private sector. Our report available at https://t.co/gqgBT0D3Iz @AIRAANZ_news @DrTessHardy @kurt_walpole

[Kurt Walpole @kurt_walpole]

Macneil et al: helpful for practitioners to understand when they're approaching negotiations with very different conceptions of "cooperation"
Need a meeting in the middle of "the cooperation curve"
#AIRAANZ2019 #Ausunions #collectivebargaining @JohnWBudd

[Josh Healy @youralarmbells]

Hearing from Prof Anna Chapman @CELRL_Melbourne about the experiences of au pairs in Australia, and attempts to define what they do as not-work: "cultural exchange", "pocket money", etc. Result is very low pay and vulnerability #AIRAANZ2019 #precarity

[Kurt Walpole @kurt_walpole]

Markey and O'Brien: the FWC Sunday penalty rates cut decision had no effect to improve total hours and employment in retail and hospitality with 2 years of data now.

#AIRAANZ2019 #ausunions

[Alison Pennington @ak_pennington]

.@kurt_walpole on enterprise bargaining system @AIRAANZ_news - policy failed from outset to strike appropriate relationship between Awards & collective bargaining #AIRAANZ2019

[Kurt Walpole @kurt_walpole]

BIG thank you to everyone who came to our sessions reflecting on 10 years of the Fair Work Act across the 3 days. How good is this turnout for early morning on final day??
#AIRAANZ2019

[Kurt Walpole @kurt_walpole]

Tess Hardy estimates there is one @fairwork_gov_au inspector to cover >50,000 employees in the Fair Work system
#AIRAANZ2019

[Kurt Walpole @kurt_walpole]

.@ak_pennington: private sector #collectivebargaining is crumbling and risks sinking below 2% by 2030!
Free-riding problems means the bargaining system is not sustainable.
Dire.
#AIRAANZ2019

[Kurt Walpole @kurt_walpole]

.@ak_pennington Reasons for #collectivebargaining declines:
- agreements not being replaced after expiry
- Only 68 new agreements approved in 2018
- growth of agreement terminations

#AIRAANZ2019 #ausunion

[Kurt Walpole @kurt_walpole]

.@ak_pennington: #collectivebargaining decline under Fair Work Act:
- retail and food service sectors particularly affected
- manufacturing in decline
- other industries seeing declining coverage despite employment growth
#AIRAANZ2019