Following Kraft Foods’ successful takeover bid for British confectioner Cadbury, questions are now being asked about the status of jobs that may not be so sweet for the chocolate maker’s employees here.
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union says employees at Heinz baby food factory in Echuca were shocked to discover they had been locked out indefinitely for refusing to attend work team meetings.
Australia’s two largest manufacturing unions called on business and government to work with unions and their members to ensure Australian manufacturing experiences strong growth following the GFC.
Chocolate manufacturer Cadbury is under pressure to reveal details of more cutbacks planned for its Australian factories.
The Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union is calling on the Federal Government to reject a five-year, non-union agreement it says Visy is trying to impose on workers at its Tumut pulp and paper mill.
Workers at Nestle in Echuca, Victoria are hopeful that the purchase of the business by diary giant Fonterra will strengthen the future of the operation.