Fight For Better Pay

MORE than 100 angry public sector workers rallied outside Treasurer Michael Costa's Newcastle office yesterday, as part of a statewide campaign over wages.

Tafe Teachers Set For Strike

THOUSANDS of Victorian TAFE teachers are expected to walk off the job for the first time in more than 10 years as a dispute over wages and work conditions hits boiling point.

Police Happy In The Station

WOLLONGONG police duty officer Brian Wyver says recent reports of police dissatisfaction with their jobs and wages is not evident in Wollongong.

In The Herald: 1908

* Lithgow iron workers rejected an offer of continuing employment in return for a drop in wages. Faced with a slump in the iron market and the failure of the Federal Government to pass legislation, an Iron Bonus Bill, to assist the industry, the employers decided they could not continue running at a loss. Following union intransigence, the owners closed the works.

In The Herald: 1997

* The prime minister, John Howard, called for lower interest rates and laid the groundwork for a shift to a lower minimum wage and reduced dole payments. The leader of the opposition, Kim Beazley, accused Howard of trying to Americanise wages, and that this would break his election promise that no Australian would be worse off.