ACTU calls on Malcolm Turnbull to combat record low wages growth

Ewin HannanWorkplace Editor

Updated Aug 17, 2016 – 8.14am, first published at 6.00am

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Unions are bracing for the release of new data confirming record-low wages growth, urging Malcolm Turnbull to sit down with business and the labour movement to map out a strategy to generate economic growth.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday will release the latest wage price index data, after the March quarter showed wages growth hit a new 18-year low.

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