The AMWU has secured a series of union collective agreements that boost pay and conditions at Thomas & Coffey sites across the Hunter.
Thomas & Coffey has five sites and 300 employees and is a major player in industrial maintenance and mine services in the region.
Previous low rates of pay were allowing the company to undercut their competitors on price and putting downward pressure on pay across the industry, said AMWU Organiser Daniel Wallace.
The AMWU has now secured union agreements at four Thomas & Coffey worksites and are currently negotiating at the fifth site.
The two most recently negotiated agreements boost pay significantly with:
• pay rises of at least 8% in the first 12 months
• site allowance of $1.50 an hour
• a new travel allowance for those required to travel for work of between $28 and $84 a day.
The agreements also improve job security by removing the ability of the company to stand full-time workers down without pay in quiet periods.
“The workers now have the security of knowing they can rely on their 38-hour week,” said Mr Wallace.
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