The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) has called for Australians to boycott Streets ice creams this summer, claiming some of its workers are facing huge pay cuts.
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Murray Goulburn retrenches 60 transport workers
Murray Goulburn will sack 60 workers in response to the reduction in milk supply and its milk collection needs.
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Labour-hire operator penalised for underpaying overseas farm workers
Fair Work Ombudsman legal action stemming from the national Inquiry into exploitation of overseas workers on Australian farms has led to a Queensland labour-hire operator being penalised a total of $102,000
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Food making salaries on the rise
Salaries for employees in the food manufacturing sector are rising and the demand for some specialised management staff is also up, according to new research.
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Worker at seafood processor paid just $9 an hour
The Fair Work Ombudsman has assisted a former employee of a seafood processing business in Box Hill, Victoria to recover $85,000 in unpaid entitlements.
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New supply chain guides to help businesses avoid worker exploitation
The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched new tools to help prevent the exploitation of workers in contracted labour supply chains.
Fair Work Ombudsman Natalie James said her agency developed the materials
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McCain industrial dispute continues
An industrial dispute at McCain’s Wendouree site will continue into next week, with workers voting to reject a new enterprise bargaining agreement today.
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McCain worker burned by hot oil as industrial action continues
A worker at McCain’s Ballarat factory was burnt by hot oil last week because the replacement worker from New Zealand failed to properly clean a fryer, the AMWU
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Labor pushes for IR inquiry as unions rally against CUB
The Opposition, in the backdrop of yesterday’s CUB protest, is pushing for a Senate inquiry into the use of legal loopholes to cut workers’ pay and conditions.
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Labour firm at centre of CUB industrial dispute ends contract
Programmed Skilled, the labour hire firm involved in an industrial dispute at Carlton and United Breweries’ facility in Melbourne has terminated its contract with the brewer.
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Sushi chain underpays migrant workers $51,000
A Gold Coast business which runs a sushi factory and allied food outlets in Qld and NSW underpaid three Japanese employees more than $51,000 over 18 months.
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CUB facing beer boycott in support of workers
Pubs across Australia have stopped serving beers supplied by Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) as an act of support for workers sacked by the company.
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Coles wins injunction to stop picket line
Coles has won a temporary Supreme Court junction to stop workers picketing a cold storage warehouse in Melbourne.
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Unions step up action against CUB
The union movement has vowed to hold weekly rallies outside the Melbourne headquarters of Carlton United Breweries in support of 54 sacked maintenance workers.
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Daily Drinks workers secure new enterprise agreement
AMWU members at Daily Drinks, a Sydney-based subsidiary of Nathan Lyon, are set to have their skills recognised as part of their new enterprise agreement.
Over 100 members at Daily Drinks recently voted
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Workers in agriculture, food processing allegedly being exploited
Workers in fruit picking and food processing are enduring slave-like conditions, according to an ABC Four Corners report.
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Former Darrell Lea workers to finally receive redundancy pay
An agreement has been reached between Darrell Lea’s owners and the union representing former workers.
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Simplot at loggerheads with unions as protests continue
The future of Simplot’s Devonport plant again seems uncertain, with staff planning industrial action for later this week.
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Fair Work to facilitate talks between Simplot and AMWU
The Fair Work Commission will facilitate talks between Simplot and the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union.
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New Senate should let carbon tax go: Teys
Meat processor Teys Australia has urged the new Senate to allow the federal government to repeal the carbon tax.
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