get reid of AWA in WA mining industry

Me too, paid in a lump sum at the end of November. Love it!

and where do you work?

Hasher, he can be home for lunch.

#26 a university. According to CareerOne, salary for my position is about $4000 under the market rate. I feel that’s more than compensated by being able to
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still would'nt leave the coast for that little money

Yeah Harry_Mudd you could be home for lunch but your day is still nearly over with and your not getting paid for travel. If Bazza worked for a company like BHP he would be traveling and getting paid for a full 12 hours work (plus frequent flyers), but since hes in labour hire he doesnt get travel time.

if he got those, the point that others are making, he wouldn't be on $53/hr. he'd be on 25. He's getting all those things, it's just put into the hourly rate.

It ain't rocket science.

Pearlz - why so hung up on unions? They basically don't exist any more. Workchoices doesn't discriminate between union and non-union employees. It just takes rights away.

Thought I made it clear when I described them!

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This applies to pretty much every union member I've dealt with in every industry I've worked for. Having said they, many of them are older - at least late 50s - with left-wing class warfare issues. Dunno what younger ones might be like - there aren't any.

Having said that, not they