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Rio Tinto agrees to union collective agreement first time in 20 years

West Australian | August 16, 2011 | 7:01 pm Top Companies Australia Europe Iron Ore 

Mining union members have approved a collective agreement with Rio Tinto, ending two decades of union exclusion from the company's Pilbara operations.The three-year deal comes after a fierce 18-month battle by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and

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