First Union leading rivals for biggest average pay claims, says bargaining firm

First Union leading rivals for biggest average pay claims, says bargaining firm
Pattrick Smellie
By Pattrick Smellie July 18 (BusinessDesk) - Wage negotiations are becoming tougher, with the First Union leading the pack as it adopts more aggressive tactics to win higher than average wage settlements than competing unions, says Adelhelm & Associates in its 10th annual review of recent wage bargaining. The specialist industrial relations negotiation firm says First Union consistently achieved higher average pay agreements than its main rivals, E Tu and the Amalgamated Workers Union of New Zealand (AWUNZ). The three overlap in the indus...

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