Employers will be required to train an Australian worker for every skilled migrant they take on, and the migrant will be made a default member of the relevant union to guard against exploitation, under a proposition to be taken to the jobs summit by the Australian Worker’s Union.
AWU national secretary Daniel Walton will secure passage of a resolution calling for the changes at his party’s national conference starting in Sydney on Monday.
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