DAIRY GIANT SAPUTO RENEGE ON MAINLAND PAY PARITY DEAL WITH TASSIE WORKERS AS UNIONS ISSUE NATIONWIDE CHEESE BOYCOTT
Unions representing Tasmanian maintenance workers are rallying today after another round of failed pay negotiations with dairy giant Saputo. The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) and the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) are launching a nationwide boycott of Saputo dairy products after the multinational reneged on an in-principle agreement to address pay disparity experienced […]
AMWU WELCOMES MANUFACTURING WINDFALL BUT WARNS COLLABORATIVE APPROACH IS KEY
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) welcomes the progress made regarding the Hunter offshore wind zone and the job creation opportunities it presents in manufacturing industries. Today, the Federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen announced Equinor and Oceanex have been preliminarily offered a feasibility licence for the potential Novocastrian Wind Pty Ltd […]
Nuclear is a dangerous distraction, Dutton pushing for a climate culture war that nobody wants
19 June 2024 – The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) condemns the Coalition’s nuclear election commitment as a dangerous distraction in our commitment to decarbonise our economy.Today’s announcement by the Coalition proposed seven nuclear power sites covering five states across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. Communities such as the Hunter […]
Tassie dairy workers call for Canadian intervention as stoush over mainland wage disparity continues
6 June 2024 – Tasmanian trade unions are appealing to the head of Canadian cheese manufacturer Saputo Dairy to resolve a wage disparity experienced by the maintenance crew at the processor’s Burnie site in North-West Tasmania.Workers have been exercising their right to protected industrial action having rejected the latest offer by the multinational company during […]
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