A third of Defence Forces officers want industrial action for better pay

More than a third of Defence Forces officers believe they should take industrial action to leverage improvements to pay and conditions.

More than a third of Defence Forces officers believe they should take industrial action to leverage improvements to pay and conditions while nearly half of younger officers say they’ll quit the military within 10 years if the government doesn’t improve remuneration.

The Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (RACO), which represents 1,100 officers across the army, navy and air corps, will today reveal at its annual conference “a worrying” survey of what its members think of their jobs and futures.