AUSTRALIAN UNIONS AND NSW GOVERNMENT REACH DEALUnion and New South Wales government officials have reached a compromise in a dispute over workers compensation, averting increased industrial action in the state, union sources said
    But some unions, including those of building and mining workers, said they were dissatisfied with the deal and would continue their strikes for a few more days
    State officials said the government had agreed to revise its proposals to cut compensation and would allow slightly higher cash benefits for injured workers
    Under the original proposal, which sparked strikes and other industrial action in the state on April 7, workers' compensation would have been cut by one third
Full details of the compromise package are not yet known
    The Labour Council, affiliated to the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), had threatened to paralyse New South Wales unless the government modified its pending legislation on the issue
    State officials said the only sectors affected in the past three days were some government building projects, railway freight movement and cargo handling in Sydney's ports
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