Business chamber plays down fair employer scheme

You know, I'm not in favor of schemes like this. But let's not be so tranparently duplicitous as this:

Business Chamber chief executive officer Mark Grimson says most employers in the Illawarra do not need a union-run scheme to demonstrate whether they are fair or not. "Obviously in the current employment market, employers that don't do the right thing with their employees are going to find it fairly difficult to attract good [staff] and keep staff, and any employer will tell you that, so really it's about Mr Iemma keeping on board with the unions with the lead-up to the state election, that's clearly what it is about," he said.

I mean, this is ridiculous. Plenty of deceptive, lousy employers do attract workers in tight markets.

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