In the wake of the union movement threatening to pull support from Labor at the next election after it agreed to support legislation to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), as well as growing opposition within its own ranks, Labor’s Jason Clare introduced a private member’s bill aimed at placating their concerns. From The Australian:
Labor trade spokesman Jason Clare yesterday introduced a private member’s bill into parliament that would introduce “market-testing” of the local workforce available for jobs before they could be offered to imported foreign labour under TPP provisions.
