Unions fear big project deals could lock workers out of pay rises for years
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Unions were willing to agree to longer pay agreements for major construction projects during secretive industrial relations talks last year as long as Australian jobs, apprentices and workplace diversity were made a legal priority.
But employers rejected the unions’ plan for five-year agreements, seen by this masthead, on the basis that it would not do enough to stabilise labour costs and encourage investment.
Unions fear workers could be locked out of real pay rises for years on big construction projects such as for stadiums.
Unions fear big project deals could lock workers out of pay rises for years
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