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In a blow for casual workers’ rights, the High Court overturned the WorkPac Vs Rossato decision on August 4. Last year the Federal Court ruled that Rossato who was employed by WorkPac under six consecutive contracts was not a casual worker under the Fair Work Act because he was given regular shifts with “firm advance commitment”. See also Configure block ....
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”. ....
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