Unions have called for Australia’s lowest-paid workers to get a $43-a-week pay increase after Labor hinted at tweaking industrial relations laws to drive wages up.
The Australian Council of Trade Unions wants the Fair Work Commission to lift the minimum wage by six per cent rise to $762.20 a week, up from $719.20, in its annual review.
“No full-time worker should live in poverty,” she told ABC Radio National on Wednesday. “If you work 38 hours a week you should earn a living wage, one you can survive on not one that pushes you into poverty.” Employer groups have warned against compromising the independence of the industrial relations tribunal, while also arguing unsustainable pay increases could cost jobs.
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