Media releases

Low paid Electrolux workers pushed to the brink strike for the fourth time, multinational fails to negotiate

29 April 2024 – A hundred poorly paid workers fed up with their ongoing pay dispute at Electrolux’s Dudley Park factory in Adelaide will be undertaking their fourth stoppage on Monday 29 April from 6:30am. Workers have not had a pay increase for almost 18 months, despite the annual inflation rate hitting a 30 year high […]

Saputo Dairy Workers Strike For Mainland Wage Rates, Tasmania No Longer The Poor Cousin

23 April 2024 Tasmanian workers are calling for fairness as dozens of Saputo Dairy operators will walk off the job at the processor’s Burnie site in North-West Tasmania on Tuesday 23 April.Saputo workers are the latest in a tranche of workers in Tasmania fighting for industry rates of pay and mainland wages. Tasmanians are no […]

Future Made in Australia is pathway to prosperity

22 April 2024 The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) rejects the ‘head in the sand’ approach advocated by the Minerals Council over the Federal Government’s proposed Future Made in Australia Act.Investing in clean energy infrastructure will increase the need for critical minerals like lithium, silica, aluminium, iron ore among others, which are mining industries the […]

Impromptu Third Strike By Electrolux Workers Fed Up Over Poor Wages And Conditions

19 April 2024 A hundred workers fed up with their ongoing pay dispute at Electrolux’s Dudley Park factory in Adelaide have walked off the job for the third time on Friday 19 April.It follows similar action last Friday and Monday this week by workers who are demanding an 18% wage increase over three years. Workers […]

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