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business reporter Gareth Hutchens

Wage suppression, a weak workforce, and undervalued jobs: Can multi-employer bargaining fix them all?

The Albanese Government wants to pursue "multi-employer" bargaining this year.

The idea caught some people by surprise when it was announced at last week's jobs summit.

Labor's national policy platform from 2021 made specific references to the idea, with the party pledging to improve access to collective bargaining if it won this year's election, but the party didn't make a huge deal of the idea during the election campaign.

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