With workers’ pay rates stagnant for a decade and inflation eating into spending power, here’s what are unions proposing
Although union-negotiated agreements tend to pay more than non-union ones, fewer Australians are members of unions and industrial laws make it hard to take strike action in support of pay claims.What is multi-employer bargaining?
Because employees would be bargaining to be covered by the same agreement, they could also go on strike at the same time if they choose, something that can allow employees in heavily unionised workplaces help colleagues in less unionised workforces win pay rises.Despite the ban on pattern bargaining, in some heavily unionised sectors it still occurs and, guess what? Unions tend to win bigger payrises there.
But despite pressure from unions, Labor did not commit before the 2022 election to legislate multi-employer bargaining if elected.described the requirement for employers to seek his consentOn Thursday the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, said he agrees that “there is something broken in the enterprise bargaining system” which is “not delivering that strong, responsible sustainable wages growth we need to see”.
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive, Andrew McKellar, said multi-employer bargaining is not needed to lift wages.
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