Australian Left Review

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Briefings: 1. Grand Illusions 2. After Inkathagate 3. Back on the Rails 4. Rattled

Abstract

Five months ago the ACTU leadership embarked on a very risky course by leaping into a wage campaign in the middle of a deep recession. It had just turned its back on a national wage decision in which the Industrial Relations Commission was prepared to allow a 2.5% per cent pay rise.