'Absolutely essential increase': Sally McManus on the minimum wage increase | ABC News

ACTU Secretary Sally McManus calls the Fair Work Commission's minimum wage rise an 'absolutely essential increase'. Australia's lowest paid workers will get an 8.6 per cent pay boost, and award workers will get 5.75 per cent, in a Fair Work Commission (FWC) decision. The new national minimum wage will be $23.23 per hour, and $882.80 per week, based on a 38-hour week. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://ab.co/3Ca7tVC

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