July 15 (Reuters) - Aurizon Holdings Ltd AZJ.AX :
* Aurizon welcomes positive vote for c&m enterprise agreement AZJ.AX
* Approximately 1,500 Aurizon employees will receive a 4% pay increase each year for three years in return for major productivity improvements
* Says new enterprise agreement will be lodged with the fair work commission
* 82.7 % of employees who voted were in favour of the proposed agreement in the ballot that ran from 6 - 15 July 2015
* Says agreement also addresses a number of legacy provisions that are generally not found in contemporary Australian workplace agreements
* Says the results of the ballot were 886 votes for the ea and 185 votes against
* Agremeent will be in force seven days after approval by the fwc
* Balance of Queensland-based award employees are covered by the outstanding train crew and transport operators agreement
* Says proposed agreement will go to ballot from 20 - 27 July 2015
* Has reached an in-principle agreement with unions on the proposed agreement, covering approximately 1,700 employees
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