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Australians Win Higher Pay With Union Bargaining
Jun 28^th, 2025 at 12:49pm

Record number of Australians win higher pay through union bargaining

June 27, 2025 ACTU.
Australian workers are on collective agreements in record numbers and securing stronger wage growth outcomes, according to new wage data released by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.

The March 2025 Trends in Enterprise Bargaining report shows that employees covered by collective agreements grew to the highest on record, at 2.67 million, up from 2.14 million in March 2024.

Employees covered by union-negotiated agreements received an average annualised wage increase of 3.8 per cent, well above the current inflation rate of 2.4 per cent and significantly higher than the 3.2 per cent for employees on non-union agreements.

Administrative and support services led the way with an average increase of 6.3 per cent, followed by construction at 5.5 per cent and retail trade at 4.6 per cent.

This marks the sixth consecutive quarter of real wage growth for employees on collective agreements.

According to the latest ABS data, union members earn $251 per week more than non-union members, around $1,600 for union members compared to $1,349 for non-union members.

Quotes attributable to ACTU Secretary, Sally McManus:

“Collective bargaining is the engine room of wages growth and union members have fired up that engine, delivering substantial real wage increases. The wage increases union members are winning outstrip those who do not have a collective agreement or where a union was not involved in negotiating the agreement.

“A record number of people are coming together to win higher wages, which aligns with the historically high surge in union membership recorded by the ABS. People are turning to unions because sticking together and acting collectively gets results. The facts are that more Australians, especially young people, are joining unions and union members are earning more money.”

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Reply #1 - Jun 28^th, 2025 at 8:43pm

I just helped a colleague understand her new pay rate from moving from part time to casual ( she’s a uni student and can’t commit to shifts)
As a causal she receives a 10 % loading on top her pay but the first two hours of each shift are not entitled to the causal loading.

This is well down on entitlements and salaries received decades ago.

Without even mentioning the nsw Labour Party destroying of worker’s compensation.

You just keep bringing the fake news white night.
Post after post !

Thread after thread!!

I suspect your a labor Albo A.I bot?

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“Two incomes of $120-150k a year is the minimum required to live in Australia. You need to find a career that can get you to that in the future, or you’re cooked,”

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Reply #2 - Jun 28^th, 2025 at 10:07pm

Daves2017 wrote on Jun 28^th, 2025 at 8:43pm:

I just helped a colleague understand her new pay rate from moving from part time to casual ( she’s a uni student and can’t commit to shifts)
As a causal she receives a 10 % loading on top her pay but the first two hours of each shift are not entitled to the causal loading.

That's unlawful.

The standard, legal casual loading in Australia is 25%, but it could be as low as 20% in some Modern Awards.

10% is just wrong.

Also, the casual loading applies to every hour worked - excluding it from the first two hours is quite simply illegal.

She should ask her union to investigate.

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Daves2017 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2040 Gender:	Re: Australians Win Higher Pay With Union Bargaining Reply #3 - Jun 29^th, 2025 at 7:17am I was shocked myself but it’s correct. I found the award agreement and it’s in black and white. Workers real pay and conditions have gone backwards over decades. The new workers compensation laws in NSW have sent workers back to the 50’s!
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 52322 Gender:	Re: Australians Win Higher Pay With Union Bargaining Reply #4 - Jun 29^th, 2025 at 7:21am Strange how poor people can afford more kids than rich people. ❓
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Daves2017 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2040 Gender:	Re: Australians Win Higher Pay With Union Bargaining Reply #5 - Jun 29^th, 2025 at 9:18am (ii) A casual employee will be engaged and paid for the number of hours worked each week at the hourly rate as a full-time employee in the same classification, plus 10 per cent, with a minimum payment of two hours at ordinary pay at the commencement of each shift.
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Re: Australians Win Higher Pay With Union Bargaining
Reply #6 - Jun 29^th, 2025 at 10:47am

Daves2017 wrote on Jun 29^th, 2025 at 9:18am:

(ii) A casual employee will be engaged and paid for the number of hours worked each week at the
hourly rate as a full-time employee in the same classification, plus 10 per cent, with a minimum
payment of two hours at ordinary pay at the commencement of each shift.

Where are you getting that from?

It's not legal in Australia.

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Reply #7 - Jun 29^th, 2025 at 10:53am

Daves2017 wrote on Jun 29^th, 2025 at 7:17am:

I was shocked myself but it’s correct.

I found the award agreement and it’s in black and white.

Workers real pay and conditions have gone backwards over decades.

The new workers compensation laws in NSW have sent workers back to the 50’s!

Just because it's in black & white in a contract it doesn't make it legal.

Employers cannot legally contract out of the law, but many still do it.

The conditions you describe are below the minimum set out in the NES and Modern Awards.

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Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 87552 Always was always will be HOME Gender:	Re: Australians Win Higher Pay With Union Bargaining Reply #8 - Jun 29^th, 2025 at 7:24pm It's such a shame that the Union movement has become so far removed from the ordinary folk and has immersed itself in 'political correctness' - just like New Labor, and has totally lost touch with the mainstream. Once they had balls - now they've got blue rinse and pearls to clutch.
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Reply #9 - Jun 29^th, 2025 at 8:10pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Jun 28^th, 2025 at 10:07pm:

Daves2017 wrote on Jun 28^th, 2025 at 8:43pm:

I just helped a colleague understand her new pay rate from moving from part time to casual ( she’s a uni student and can’t commit to shifts)
As a causal she receives a 10 % loading on top her pay but the first two hours of each shift are not entitled to the causal loading.

That's unlawful.

The standard, legal casual loading in Australia is 25%, but it could be as low as 20% in some Modern Awards.

10% is just wrong.

Also, the casual loading applies to every hour worked - excluding it from the first two hours is quite simply illegal.

She should ask her union to investigate.

you realize that dave just made it up, right? Cheesy

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Our esteemed leader:
I hope that bitch who was running their brothels for them gets raped with a cactus.

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Reply #10 - Jun 29^th, 2025 at 8:32pm

John Smith wrote on Jun 29^th, 2025 at 8:10pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jun 28^th, 2025 at 10:07pm:

Daves2017 wrote on Jun 28^th, 2025 at 8:43pm:

I just helped a colleague understand her new pay rate from moving from part time to casual ( she’s a uni student and can’t commit to shifts)
As a causal she receives a 10 % loading on top her pay but the first two hours of each shift are not entitled to the causal loading.

That's unlawful.

The standard, legal casual loading in Australia is 25%, but it could be as low as 20% in some Modern Awards.

10% is just wrong.

Also, the casual loading applies to every hour worked - excluding it from the first two hours is quite simply illegal.

She should ask her union to investigate.

you realize that dave just made it up, right? Cheesy

https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/careers/conditions/Awards/hsu-he-conditions.pdf

I work the other side the boarder.

QLD health pays 23% casual loading.

Mr smith?

I deserve a apology 😍

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“Two incomes of $120-150k a year is the minimum required to live in Australia. You need to find a career that can get you to that in the future, or you’re cooked,”

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Re: Australians Win Higher Pay With Union Bargaining
Reply #11 - Jun 29^th, 2025 at 8:43pm

Daves2017 wrote on Jun 29^th, 2025 at 8:32pm:

John Smith wrote on Jun 29^th, 2025 at 8:10pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jun 28^th, 2025 at 10:07pm:

Daves2017 wrote on Jun 28^th, 2025 at 8:43pm:

I just helped a colleague understand her new pay rate from moving from part time to casual ( she’s a uni student and can’t commit to shifts)
As a causal she receives a 10 % loading on top her pay but the first two hours of each shift are not entitled to the causal loading.

That's unlawful.

The standard, legal casual loading in Australia is 25%, but it could be as low as 20% in some Modern Awards.

10% is just wrong.

Also, the casual loading applies to every hour worked - excluding it from the first two hours is quite simply illegal.

She should ask her union to investigate.

you realize that dave just made it up, right? Cheesy

https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/careers/conditions/Awards/hsu-he-conditions.pdf

I work the other side the boarder.

QLD health pays 23% casual loading.

Mr smith?

I deserve a apology 😍

Ah, it's a state award.

Therefore, not covered by the NES and Modern Awards.

Those conditions are appalling.

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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 76885 Gender:	Re: Australians Win Higher Pay With Union Bargaining Reply #12 - Jun 29^th, 2025 at 9:00pm Daves2017 wrote on Jun 29^th, 2025 at 8:32pm: I deserve a apology 😍 you lied Daves2017 wrote on Jun 28^th, 2025 at 8:43pm: but the first two hours of each shift are not entitled to the causal loading.
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Daves2017 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2040 Gender:	Re: Australians Win Higher Pay With Union Bargaining Reply #13 - Jun 29^th, 2025 at 9:00pm I quoted the award. How did I lie?
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Reply #14 - Jun 29^th, 2025 at 9:05pm

Daves2017 wrote on Jun 29^th, 2025 at 9:18am:

(ii) A casual employee will be engaged and paid for the number of hours worked each week at the
hourly rate as a full-time employee in the same classification, plus 10 per cent, with a minimum
payment of two hours at ordinary pay at the commencement of each shift.

Mr smith?

Click on the link it’s a quote not a lie.

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“Two incomes of $120-150k a year is the minimum required to live in Australia. You need to find a career that can get you to that in the future, or you’re cooked,”

Fair go!?

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