WA unions warn of more industrial action as they reject McGowan government's latest wage offer
ABCHundreds of public sector workers braved strong winds and rain to rally for better pay as unions denounced the state government's revised wage offer as a "one-off sugar hit". Key points: The WA government has offered a 3 per cent pay rise this year and next Unions say this does not offset rises in inflation and cost of living They want a wage rise of at least 5 per cent a year The workers gathered outside Fiona Stanley Hospital for the third stop-work meeting in Perth in less than a month, as unions warned of more industrial action unless the government brings an offer to the table that keeps pace with the rising cost of living. "The three per cent is a low wage offer in the current economic environment, it doesn't recognise the hard work of the public sector through the pandemic and doesn't recognise the extremely high cost of living pressures that workers are currently facing," Mr Whittle said. Mr Whittle today conceded the revised offer may be approved by some groups of union members "as the one-off payment does deliver benefits to low wage public sector workers".
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