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Transport workers union calls for truck driver minimum pay rate to be reinstated

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Transport Employment Minimum wage Roads Small business Trade unions Australia
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The Federal court will today hear an application from the Transport Workers Union to reinstate a minimum pay order for truck drivers. The new minimum pay rates were set to come in this week but a business group successfully argued for an injunction, saying the move would force many owner drivers and small contractors out of business. Interview with Tony Sheldon, Transport Workers Union's National Secretary.

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