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Big-bang bargaining bill should be law next month

It's the big one that has largely slipped under the radar. Sandwiched between the Federal Government's tough Cole-based construction legislation and its looming second-wave laws, the Better Bargaining bill went through the Lower House last fortnight with no fanfare from the Government and with little comment from the unions. Yet the bill makes major changes to federal bargaining laws, including allowing for lawful union bargaining to be stopped mid-dispute, and severely limiting unions' ability to pursue common claims.