Labor’s Silence and Cover-Up of Coal Miners’ Wages

When the Mining and Energy Union signed agreements with big business labour hire companies to underpay coal miners, the Labor Party did nothing and remained silent.

Now, the Albanese Labor government is covering this up.

Albanese’s ‘Same Job Same Pay’ laws fail to backpay underpaid coal miners.

Labor used to be the party of the worker

NOW

It’s the party that screws the worker.

In 2019, miners in the Hunter Valley exposed wage theft. Since then, I have been fighting hard for underpaid coal miners.

One Nation has:

Documented evidence of coal miners’ wage theft.
Pushed through a parliamentary motion for a full investigation.
Prompted the Fair Work Ombudsman to investigate specific miners’ underpayments (it’s big!).

At least 10,000 coal miners in New South Wales and Queensland have been massively underpaid.

One Nation now has a parliamentary bill to compensate the coal miners. The bill will force:

Labor hire companies to compensate (pay) the coal workers.
The union (MEU) to compensate the coal workers.
The Fair Work Commission to compensate (pay) the workers.

The Bill

The important section in the Bill says:

333AA Compensation for underpayment

(2) As soon as practicable after giving the Minister a report under subsection 333Z(5), the Fair Work Ombudsman must provide a compensation notice in respect of the casual employee to the following:

(a) the employer of the casual employee;

(b) the industrial association or industrial associations (if any) that supported the enterprise agreement covering the casual employee;