Pilots steered to pay compromise

NEWCASTLE Port’s marine pilots will receive only half the pay increase they have sought over a long campaign after a request by their union representative for their salaries to be brought in line with Sydney counterparts was thrown out by Fair Work Australia (FWA).

Following more than six months of deliberations, FWA Commissioner Greg Harrison last Wednesday ruled that Newcastle Port’s marine pilots would get an initial salary increase of 8% in 2009 as he was “not persuaded to draw comparisons with other ports”...

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