✅ Plain-language lesson
Neoliberalism weakened worker power:
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Unions restricted.
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Award wages eroded.
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Casualisation expanded.
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Contracting replaced permanent jobs.
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Outsourcing replaced public service work.
Wages stopped rising with productivity.
Household debt skyrocketed because people borrowed to make ends meet.
Job insecurity is not an accident — it was designed.
✅ Discussion Question
How has job security changed since you first entered the workforce?