Skydivers go on strike in three Australian states and claim pay has plummeted
by Jonathan Barrett Business editor from on (#71YF2)
Union asks would you want your mum strapped to an underpaid instructor?'
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Australian skydivers went on strike on Friday over a pay disagreement with the industry's dominant employer, amid claims experienced instructors will be forced to pick up a paintbrush" to supplement their income if they give in.
The rolling industrial action against Experience Co across eight sites in NSW, Victoria and Queensland has prompted the adventure tourism company to reschedule parachute jumps at the start of the peak summer season.
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