Press Release
ACTU Media Release – Fair Pay Commission gets it wrong, wages for most low-paid workers fall in real terms
Tuesday February 26, 2008
Wages for around 1.5 million low-paid workers reliant on awards fell below the rate of inflation last year says the ACTU.
The Fair Pay Commission (AFPC) is wrong to claim that low-paid workers are better off in real terms when only 4 per cent of workers are reliant on the Federal Minimum Wage — most (96 per cent of around 1.6 million workers) are reliant on other minimum wage levels which fell in real terms by up to $15 a week last year.
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