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Last modified on Wed 28 Jul 2021 00.59 EDT Newtown bookstore Better Read Than Dead was devoid of customers and the majority of its workers on Monday morning, but it wasnât strictly the result of Sydneyâs ongoing Covid-19 restrictions. Instead, this disruption marked a fresh escalation in a dispute between the inner west institution and its recently unionised workforce. On Tuesday night, the bookstoreâs staff reached an in-principle agreement with management which the union described as âa landmark agreement with historic conditions in the retail sectorâ â but not before the clash had reverberated across Australiaâs literary community. Last week, Better Read Than Dead staff voted unanimously to begin protected industrial action, the peak of an almost year-long organising effort by the storeâs workforce and their union to seek an enterprise bargaining agreement with the storeâs management. First, they placed a ban on handling cash ....
The workers are members of the Retail and Fast Food Workers’ Union (RAFFWU). They decided take industrial action after BRTD management refused an agreement that includes making $25 an hour the minimum rate of pay, workplace safety and sexual harassment protections and job security clauses. RAFFWU secretary Josh Cullinan told an online forum discussing the campaign on July 14 that workers were preparing to escalate their action if management did not respond positively. As this is exactly what followed, BRTD workers put new bans on work associated with web orders. Management then announced it was locking out the workers. RAFFWU pointed to the hypocrisy of an employer trading on “progressive ideals” to lock our workers “who just want secure, safe jobs”. ....
Support grows for workers at bookshop that 'loses staff like a sieve' greenleft.org.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from greenleft.org.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Bookshop workers take next step to win rights greenleft.org.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from greenleft.org.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU) has been supporting them in this quest since late last year. The workers arranged to meet the bookshop owners to discuss the EBA in March. The owners initially agreed, but then their lawyers contacted RAFFWU saying they had done so only under duress. The owners then launched a legal action. A post on RAFFWU’s social media, featuring a photo of workers holding the union’s flag, was shared by three of the bookshop’s workers. Better Read Than Dead management sent “cease and desist” letters to RAFFWU, and to workers who shared the post, demanding it be taken down immediately. ....