CASUALS DECISION ENTRENCHES INSECURE WORK
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 – Workers across the manufacturing industry – food, print, vehicle, manufacturing, and construction – will now have to wait at least a year to convert from casual employment to permanent work after a Fair Work Commission decision.Workers across the manufacturing sector have fought long for and won the right to convert after six […]
TASSIE MCCAIN WORKERS WIN DEAL
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 – Essential food workers at McCain in Smithton Tasmania have reached an in-principle deal which will bring their wages and conditions in line with McCain workers on the mainland. The workers will receive 3.8% in the first year, and then CPI plus 1% in the second and third years of the agreement (with […]
MCCAIN NEEDS TO PAY LOCKED OUT WORKERS
AUGUST 10, 2021 – Workers found to be unlawfully locked out of McCain Foods in Tasmania last Thursday should be paid immediately by the corporate multinational.The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) call on McCain to pay their workers for the time they were locked out of their workplace in full and without delay. Last week the […]
FAIR WORK FINDS MCCAIN WORKERS UNLAWFULLY LOCKED OUT
AUGUST 6, 2021 – Essential food workers at McCain Foods in Tasmania were unlawfully locked out, an Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) appeal at the Fair Work Commission has found.The AMWU challenged the Commission’s ruling that backed McCain Foods locking workers out before they had taken industrial action, a decision legal expert and the union movement […]
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