NSW Premier Chris Minns faces his first industrial relations test as union bosses representing the state’s public sector workers plan industrial action across the state’s hospitals next week in a bid to press their case for a 6.5 per cent pay increase.
Just two months after taking office on an election pledge to lift public sector pay and scrap a public sector wage cap, Mr Minns is under increasing pressure from unions, which are growing impatient about how long it is taking to deliver on the promise.
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Samantha Hutchinson is the AFR's National Reporter. Most recently, she was CBD columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Before that, she covered Victorian and NSW politics and business for The Australian, the AFR and BRW Magazine. Connect with Samantha on Twitter. Email Samantha at samantha.hutchinson@afr.com.au
