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Labour hire workers win $30k pay rise and direct employment
Mining giant Thiess has agreed to directly employ 27 labour hire workers, and raise their pay by $30k, in response to the Mining and Energy Union's 'same job, same pay' application.
In March, the MEU applied to the Fair Work Commission for a regulated labour hire arrangement order covering workers on-hired to Thiess by Skilled Workforce Solutions (part of Programmed) to work at its Mount Pleasant mine in the Hunter Valley.
The MEU yesterday withdrew the application when Thiess agreed to offer the labour hire workers permanent jobs along with a pay rise of more than $30k...
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