Mineworkers on collective agreements typically earn more than $100,00 per year, while those on AWAs typically earn far less than that. Yesterday’s statement by mining industry bosses that the new ALP threshold for non-Award employment contracts is too high confirms that mineworkers are better off when they are in a union.
On Tuesday 28 August Steve Knott from the Australian Mines and Metals Association (AMMA) and Mitch Hooke from the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) both stated that two thirds of mineworkers earned less than $100,000 per year, and so would not be able to be frog-marched onto non-Award employment contracts under the new ALP policy announced yesterday.
Meanwhile, over in the highly unionised coal industry, where ABS statistics show that most workers are on collective agreements, and AWAs are virtually non-existent, mineworkers workers earn an average of over $2,045 pr week, or over $106,000 per year.
Their colleagues on AWAs and inferior common law contracts in metal ore mining earn an average of $1,624 per week, or $84,450 per year. They get paid far less for doing the same job.
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