NSW railway, energy and health workers will push the Minns government for pay rises of up to 8 per cent in a wave of new negotiations over the next three months, and union officials hope they will trigger more increases across the country.
Just over 15 months after the Perrottet government ended a year of industrial action which crippled the state’s railways, a cohort of five unions led by Unions NSW and representing railway workers is preparing to hammer out a new agreement asking for an increase of about 5 per cent.
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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
