Bob McMullan (Fraser, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I refer to defence service provider Serco Sodexho Defence Services, a contracting company employing more than 6,000 people nationally in defence related services. I also refer to the fact that Serco has been awarded a contract to provide cleaning services to defence facilities here in the ACT. Is the Prime Minister aware that Serco is adamant that it will offer its ACT cleaners an Australian workplace agreement only? Isn’t it the case that Serco cleaners have made it clear that they want to negotiate a collective agreement? Doesn’t this mean that the only choice here is the employer’s choice? Will you tell the Serco cleaners who are here in the gallery today why they cannot have a say rather than being told to ‘take it or leave it’?

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