The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has said a seven percent pay rise to all award wages across the board is a matter of survival for Australians.
ACTU Union Secretary Sally McManus said that a seven percent increase is essential for the minimum and award wage workers to keep them financially above water.
“It is simply about survival for the lowest-paid workers in our country,” McManus said in a media release.
“There are real people behind the statistics of Australia’s cost-of-living crisis–the workers we rely on to deliver vital services in early learning, aged care, disability care, fast food, cleaners, security, and retail….