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Court frees iron ore mineworkers to negotiate Fair Work deals

A ruling by a Federal Court full bench this morning appears to have opened the way for unions to begin bargaining for Fair Work agreements for thousands of iron ore mineworkers employed by Rio Tinto in Western Australia, and might have similar implications for BHP Billiton's iron ore operations.

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