Workers Launch Collective Bargaining Petition at Rio Tinto’s Pilbara Mine

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The Mining and Energy Union of Australia wants to start negotiations with Rio Tinto employees at Paraburdoo for the first time in twenty years to secure better pay because employees face increasing living expenses.

Workers from Rio Tinto’s Paraburdoo mine in Australia’s Pilbara region vote on a petition to gain collective agreement negotiation rights and establish new labor relations at their company. On Thursday the Mining and Energy Union revealed that employees want annual pay increases plus equal pay and updated description systems to make employment progression simpler across the board.

After the Labor government established minimum pay equality standards for all mining personnel in Australia in November of 2024 Rio Tinto formed a new labor initiative. This policy distributed wage increases to more than 3000 businesses that operate in the mining business. The company opposed the rules earlier due to its belief that income hikes would drive up costs and threaten work opportunities for Australians. Rio Tinto has remained silent about this first proposal for workplace representation at Paraburdoo since the year 2000. 

The results will reshape work practices across the entire Australian mining sector and especially matter to operations in iron ore mines of the Pilbara region where big mining companies manage worker terms individually.

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