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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Kawerau paper mill stand-off ends as pay deal resolved
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:04:01
	Publish Date:		2022-09-14 05:42:00
	Description:		A loo paper crisis has been averted with paper mill workers in Kawerau finally sealing a pay deal with owners Essity after a bitter stand-off. For about six weeks members of the Pulp and Paper Workers union had been locked out with no pay - but voted this morning to accept a revised offer that was in line with recommendations made by the Employment Relations Authority. The deal means a five percent pay rise this year, 4.5 percent and 4 percent over the following two years - with two lump payments totalling $7000. The union secretary, Tane Phillips, talks to Lisa Owen.
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