FRASER Coast Regional Council union members are a step closer to resolving an ongoing industrial dispute regarding wages and job security with one proviso – “what is good for the goose is good for the gander”.

Union members met yesterday afternoon to try to resolve the dispute. They put two key recommendations of the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission to a workers' ballot.

These recommendations are a 3.4% pay rise and the lapsing of a “no redundancy” clause. How-ever the acting assistant branch secretary of the Australian Services Union, David Perry, said there were important considerations added to workers' deliberations.

The first of these was a resolution from yesterday's meeting that the councillors, Mayor and CEO all agree to also cap their own wage increases at 3.4% over the next three years.

“They should demonstrate the same wage restraint they are imposing on employees” Mr Perry said.

While the no-redundancy clause was gone, Mr Perry said it would be replaced with a clause where any redundancy would come with a four-month retraining and redeployment program.

A council spokesman said an official response was expected today after CEO Lisa Desmond examined the union's position.