After several years of conflict, Rio Tinto and the Australian Workers’ Union reached a landmark agreement following a request made by employees. The deal aims to maintain job security to the detriment of the wage increase.
Landmark agreement. The famous metals and mining corporation, Rio Tinto, signed a landmark company agreement with the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) foregoing wage increases in return for better job security and employee protection. The deal covers workers in the Bell Bay aluminum smelter in Tasmania. Rio Tinto and the union have been fighting for two decades. The union managed to prove, with the Fair Work Act, that employees wanted to be covered by a company agreement. The deal...
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