Federal Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has pledged to tackle stuttering wage growth, claiming the government is not doing enough to increase productivity. The Labor leader said that, if elected, he would convene a Jobs Summit to bring together the government, business, and trade unions to “hammer out” a new productivity program that could, in turn, spur wage growth. “Co-operation and collaboration work,” he wrote in an op-ed in the Australian Financial Review on Jan. 27. “In the 1980s and 1990s the Hawke and Keating Labor governments extracted real productivity gains by encouraging employers and unions to work together. Profits went up. So did wages.” “Since the Coalition took office in 2013, wages have increased by 18 percent. But the price of beef has increased 64 percent. Fruit and vegetable prices rose 22 percent, childcare 44 percent, and health costs 33 percent,” he added. “The cost of a leg of lamb …