Unions complain to international labour organisation about government attack on wages

By Anna Patty
Updated March 5 2015 - 1:18am, first published 12:15am
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Fears: Thousands of workers protested in Sydney on Wednesday about cuts to penalty rates. Photo: Jessica Hromas
March: Macquarie Street was blocked off on Wednesday as thousands  protested the sale of state-owned assets. Photo: Jessica Hromas
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Angry: Union members voiced their anti-Abbott and anti-Baird feelings outside NSW Parliament House on Wednesday. Photo: Jessica Hromas

Public servants have lodged a complaint with the International Labour Organisation asking it to investigate the NSW government's actions in denying them the right to collectively bargain for wage increases.

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