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Newshound
27-02-2008, 08:58 AM
The Rudd Government has an interesting test looming - while asking for wage restraint across the board, many of our unions are pushing for increases above CPI. They claim their members need to 'catch-up' because wages have been restrained long enough under the Howard Government.

Here's an article (http://smallbusiness.theage.com.au/growing/workplace/unions-seek-quick-pay-rise-909222324.html?s_cid=rss_smallbiz) on the topic from The Age.

What do you think? - are certain sections of our workforce being underpaid?