In Australia, over the last 15 years, there has been a rise in anti-foreigner sentiments that have targeted asylum seekers, refugees, Africans and Muslims. These sentiments have been fostered by successive governments and other political parties in an effort to divert people’s anger at increasingly hard economic times onto marginalised groups of society. Labour activists and unions have always fought for the rights of all workers and for better living standards. In the present economic and political climate, how should workers react?
In Australia, over the last 15 years, there has been a rise in anti-foreigner sentiments that have targeted asylum seekers, refugees, Africans and Muslims. These sentiments have been fostered by successive governments and other political parties in an effort to divert people’s anger at increasingly hard economic times onto marginalised groups of society. Labour activists and unions have always fought for the rights of all workers and for better living standards. In the present economic and political climate, how should workers react?
