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| Subject: OZschwitz: Jobs destroying unions' war cry on equal pay row - Fuckwits! Wed Nov 24, 2010 2:03 am | |
| THE union movement has come out swinging against the federal government's backdown on equal pay, with claims Julia Gillard was well aware of the costs of the increase when she agreed to it, and threats of a national strike.
The Prime Minister knew a year ago that government support for a historic equal pay case would cost $4 billion in increased wages if the women won, the female union boss who negotiated the original deal says.
Unions are furious Treasury appears to have rolled funding support for the test case that is before Fair Work Australia. Advertisement: Story continues below
Community sector anger at the government backflip will also spill into a parliamentary caucus meeting today. Labor MPs, including the NSW senator Doug Cameron, are expected to raise the issue after being flooded with phone calls.
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