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AAP General News (Australia)
04-13-2000
Vic: ACTU says union members earn more

MELBOURNE, April 13 AAP - Union members earn substantially more money and collect more
benefits than their non-unionised peers, the ACTU said today.

Secretary Greg Combet was responding to media reports that the ACTU had exaggerated
claims of a union wage premium based on Australian Bureau of Statistics figures.

The reports were based on a study of the comparative wages by the National Institute
of Labour Studies.

"You cannot fudge these figures. The latest ABS figures show that union members do
earn more ...

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