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ACTU launches campaign to widen SJSP laws and narrow the contractor exemption

Specialist mining contractors could find themselves being targeted by unions.

Specialist mining contractors could find themselves being targeted by unions. | Credits: Macmahon

Unions say the federal government’s Same Job Same Pay laws have not delivered the outcomes they wanted so they want the laws broadened to cover additional employment conditions while also narrowing the…

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