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First wave coal battles unlikely to be repeated, small-to-medium business employees to be hardest hit by second wave: CFMEU

The leader of the union at the forefront of the major battles that followed the Coalition's first wave of IR change - the CFMEU's mining & energy division - says market forces will make stand-offs in the coal mining industry a lot less attractive for employers this time around, and it's employees of small to medium-sized businesses who will bear the brunt of the second wave laws.