In short:

Jeanswest will close more than 90 stores in Australia, putting hundreds of people out of work due to tough retail trading conditions.

The brand is the latest local retailer to collapse, after the parent company behind Rivers, Katies and Rockmans entered administration last year.

What's next?

Stock at Jeanswest stores will go on sale immediately as administrators look at ways to restructure the business to focus on online retail.

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[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Because the Aussie gov does heaps to support corporations and little to support workers. Did you see that Punters Politics piece on big petro/gas companies paying less tax than Australian teachers? It's not trickle down, it's punch down.

[–] shirro@aussie.zone 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Also there is a fair amount of ignorance. Australian unions have worked with the ALP for decades to ensure entitlements for Australian workers in these circumstances and Labor passed the FEG legislation.

We get it, the mining lobby and billionaires are a corrupting influence on democracy including the ALP. The ALP aren't left enough, aren't proactive enough, whatever. But also the ALP has passed a lot of legislation that benefits working Australians and unsurprisingly you hear fuck all about it from MSM or people pushing minor parties and independents.

When these companies can't pay entitlements it isn't the Liberal party, Greens or independents that legislated to ensure workers aren't going to be completely fucked.

Credit where its due.

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 3 points 5 days ago

True. We've also had many years of mostly LNP government which I reckon has tainted people's view of government overall. The LNP/MSM circle jerk certainly doesn't help when anything decent the ALP does doesn't get mentioned.