The Coalition, along with MPs Kate Chaney, Allegra Spender, Sophie Scamps, Helen Haines, Rebekha Sharkie and Dai Le voted against it. The bill passed 80 votes to 56 on Thursday afternoon with the independent MPs Zoe Daniel, Monique Ryan, Bob Katter and Andrew Wilkie joining Labor and the Greens in favour.
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The government does “not believe it is appropriate or necessary to extend multi-employer bargaining to this industry at this time”, he said. Labor has also agreed to exclude the entire commercial building and construction industry from multi-employer bargaining, replacing the clause targeting the construction union for breaches of industrial law with a general exclusion.īurke told the house this decision – likely to stop electricians, plumbers and other trades bargaining together – was “not taken lightly”. On Thursday, the workplace relations minister, Tony Burke, unveiled new amendments to ensure the “primacy” of enterprise bargaining, responding to concerns that employers who wanted to negotiate with their workforce could nevertheless be forced into multi-employer deals. But the Albanese government faces a growing backlash over elements added after its jobs and skills summit, including a return to compulsory arbitration of intractable disputes and the expansion of multi-employer bargaining.
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