# 2026-03-12: 83,000 Trades Short (Facebook / LinkedIn)

**Target Groups:** Aus Tradie Groups, General Builders Network
**Status:** Pre-Approved (Requires Michael Final Check)

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**HOOK:**
83,000 skilled trades short across the country right now. 

**PROBLEM:**
HIA just dropped the numbers. We’ve got a massive shortage of guys on the tools. Building approvals fell 7.2% in Jan, but the pipeline is still overflowing. 
The industry’s diagnosis? "Too many suits, not enough boots."

So what do the big labour hire mobs do when we need hands on site more than ever? They clip the ticket. They take a percentage of your hourly rate, every hour, every day. It's $15 to $20 an hour of YOUR sweat paying for their suits.

**MATHS:**
Labourer bills at $60/hr. Middleman takes $15. You keep $45. 
Times 40 hours = $600 a week. 
$2,400 a month down the drain.

**SOLUTION:**
I've had enough of it. I spent 30 years steelfixing and formworking. That money belongs in your pocket.
That’s why I built RateRight.

**CTA:**
Fifty bucks. Flat fee to the contractor. Zero commission from the worker. You do the work, you keep the cash.
Stop paying the suits. Get on RateRight.