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Story summary
- More than 75% of ABC staff plan a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, the first in 20 years.
- Sixty percent of ABC staff rejected a 10% pay offer over three years, citing insufficient pay and unresolved job-security issues.
- Unions say the offer does not keep pace with inflation, 3.8% in January.
- Hugh Marks, ABC managing director, defended the proposal as sustainable.
- The strike is expected to disrupt ABC's news services.
