US Edition‘Not America’: Demand for $2k wage boost
- The Australian Council of Trade Unions plans to request a 4.5% increase in the minimum wage during the Fair Work Commission's upcoming annual review.
- If granted, this increase would raise the minimum wage to $25.18 per hour or $49,770 annually for full-time workers, benefiting around 2.6 million workers.
- ACTU Secretary Sally McManus stated that the current wage is insufficient to meet cost-of-living pressures, emphasizing that 'no one should be left without a liveable wage after working full-time hours.'
- Businesses caution that wage increases without corresponding productivity gains may not be sustainable, highlighting concerns from the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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Call for $2000 annual bump to minimum wage as 'cost-of-living election' lights up
ACTU calls for a 4.5% wage increase, affecting 300,000 workers. Impact on sales assistants, carers, boosting pay amid cost-of-living crisis.
·Newcastle, Australia
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