Business

Nick Toscano

Workplace Reporter for The Age

Workers will rally against what the union calls a 'war on workers'.

Construction workers to stage national walkout

Big building sites across the country will be forced to shut down next week, as members of the powerful construction union gear up for a national day of action against the Turnbull government's tough new laws.

The decision will anger the nation's union movement, which has been fighting for a $45-a-week rise to the minimum wage.

Minimum wage to rise by $22 a week

Australia's lowest-paid workers will get a $22-a-week pay rise after the workplace umpire lifted the national minimum wage to $694.90.