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Tas public servants vote for action
Monday May 5, 02:15 PM
State Public Servants in Hobart have voted unanimously in favour of an industrial campaign to secure a better pay deal.
Union members have been at a stop work meeting at City Hall.
More than 1,000 members all voted to reject the State Government's latest pay offer.
They are seeking pay parity with interstate colleagues, they also voted in favour on an industrial campaign in a bid to secure a better agreement.
About half of those audience were wearing yellow union T-shirts, and some carrying union flags which they banged on the floor in support of the action.
The acting secretary of the Health and Community Services Union, Tim Jacobson told the crowd industrial action was the only option.
Union officials say Tasmanian workers are earning 9 per cent less on average, and want to secure an average pay increase of 20 per cent over a three year deal.
Mr Lynch says they are angry.
"A worker in Tasmania should not be paid less simply because they live in this state. It's ridiculous."
One of the workers at today's meeting agreed.
"We do the same work as mainland workers so we should be paid the same," she said.
Another stopwork meeting will be held in Launceston tomorrow.
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