Millions of workers to get 3.5 per cent pay rise after Fair Work Commission annual ruling

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Australian Council Of Trade Unions secretary, Sally McManus, has welcomed the increase saying it gives millions of Australians a shot at getting ahead.

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00:00This lifts the floor in Australia for how much people can be paid by 3.5% and that is

00:09a really good outcome and it's a great outcome because it's 1.1% more than inflation. So

00:16it means that finally award wage workers in Australia, our lowest paid workers, are getting

00:21ahead again and that's great news. The Fair Work Commission accepted the arguments made

00:27by unions that it was time for low wage workers, award workers to start catching up for what

00:34was lost during the inflation spike. So 3.5% means they're starting to catch up again and

00:40that makes an enormous amount of difference in terms of people's bills, people's ability

00:46to pay for the basics. People obviously that are on minimum wages and award wages are paying

00:53for the essentials and the essentials have gone up all of that time and now finally they're

00:59going to start getting ahead again. This has also been delivered because I guess it's the

01:04very first delivering of an election promise from the Albanese Labor government. During

01:09the election they promised to back in the union movement in supporting a real wage increase

01:15for 3 million low paid Aussies. They did so. They made a huge difference in terms of having

01:20the Treasury, the government there beside us arguing that it was economically sustainable

01:27for low paid workers to get this pay rise.

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01:39Hopefully I didn't get rid of it all get me scared. This has to only be not having my own

01:44income. It's really nice. I had two source cash pieces. They have to back in May 그리고

01:49the Federal Government, which is a lot of resources on the presses

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