NSW government-owned electricity distributor applies to terminate agreement, which unions say will allow forced redundancies and lower wages
Essential Energy is “holding a gun to the head of its entire workforce”, a union claimed after voting for strike action against plans to end a workplace agreement.
Electrical Trades Union members on Tuesday voted to take industrial action against the New South Wales government-owned electricity distributor, which has applied to the Fair Work Commission to terminate its 2013 enterprise agreement, along with policies protecting staff from forced redundancies.
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