“We keep hearing WA’s big miners whinge about a skill shortage, but now we find they won’t even genuinely negotiate wage increases with their current workforce,” he said.
“What members are saying is that Gold Fields Australia, which announced a $621 million net profit last week, just isn’t listening to their fair and reasonable requests.”
Gold Fields executive vice president Australasia Stuart Mathews said the union had ignored the list of benefits the new agreement offered workers.
“The AWU response is disappointing given that representatives of the union, together with employee representatives from across our business, participated in the enterprise bargaining process,” he said.
“The union focuses on the issue of CPI increases yet ignores the raft of incentives and benefits we offer our team members, including generous bonuses, a new six per cent site allowance, a 12 per cent retention bonus and healthcare allowances.
“Gold Fields is a great place to work, and we are confident that we are delivering on what is important to our people.”
Mr Mathews said the company was committed to providing a package of benefits that reflected the value of their employees.
