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Dominic Giannini

FOUND: Peak union slams mining profits as workers struggle - What They Never Told You

Mining could give everyone a pay rise and still be the most profitable sector, says Sally McManus. (Nikki Short/AAP PHOTOS)

Unions have slammed the mining sector for fighting against new workplace laws, saying it would only impact a minute fraction of their combined $300 billion profit last financial year.

Mining profits had jumped almost 200 per cent in the past decade while wages had gone backwards six per cent in real terms, Australian Council of Trade Unions research found. 

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