Transport workers get 12.75 per cent pay rise
Thousands of transport workers have secured pay rises of up to 12.75 per cent over three years under new agreements.
Thousands of transport workers have secured pay rises of up to 12.75 per cent over three years under new agreements that provide better casual conversion rights and apply tighter restrictions on how much work can be performed by external labour-hire workers.
Impacting almost 10,000 workers, the Transport Workers Union has reached deals with Toll, Team Global Express and ACFS that include an upfront pay rise of up to 6 per cent and wage increases totalling 11 per cent to 12.75 per cent depending on the inflation rate.
Ahead of the government introducing proposed new laws restricting labour hire, the TWU has secured commitments limiting labour hire on a site-by-site basis.
Workers will also get access to cultural and religious leave, extra days of paid domestic violence leave, improved paid parental leave provisions and a mental health first-aid training program.
Under the agreement with ACFS, workers will get a 6 per cent rise in 2023 and a 3 per cent rise next year or, if the inflation rate is higher, up to 3.5 per cent.
In 2025, workers will get 3 per cent or a rise in line with inflation, whichever is greater.
Workers at Team Global Express will get a 4.75 per cent increase this year plus a $500 cost of living allowance.
The increase followed a 6.1 per cent rise in 2022 that was tied to inflation.
In 2024 and 2025, TGE workers receive an annual 3 per cent rise or an increase in line with inflation, whichever is greater.
The inflation-linked rise is capped at 4 per cent
The TWU said Toll workers would get 4.75 per cent this year followed by 3.25 per cent in 2024 and 3 per cent in 2025.
If the inflation rate is higher in the second and third years of the deal, workers get an inflation-linked rise capped at 4 per cent.
The agreement includes a productivity commitment from both parties to identify and adopt initiatives to increase efficiency and operational excellence.
A Toll spokesperson said the agreement provided “certainty and industry-leading benefits to our employees while providing a strong foundation to continue to invest in our business and deliver the best possible service to our customers.”
TWU national secretary Michael Kaine said “job security improvements” across the three major operators provided better casual conversion rights and applied tighter restrictions on how much work could be performed by external labour-hire workers at each worksite.
By the end of the three-year Team Global Express agreement, at least 70 per cent of all work must be being performed by direct employees at every worksite.
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