NSW: BHP coal workers strike for higher pay

AAP General News (Australia)
08-23-2000
NSW: BHP coal workers strike for higher pay

A union leader says workers at six BHP operations will go on strike next Monday and
Tuesday in a bid to share in the coal mining company's significant profits.

Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union spokesman TONY MAHER says workers are
seeking a 15 per cent wage increase over two years and an increase in superannuation payments.

The six operations to be affected are in Queensland and the New South Wales Illawarra region.

The combined strike next week is part of ongoing bargaining by BHP's 13 Australian operations.

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