Australian McCormick Foods dispute part of global restructuring drive
Workers at the McCormick Foods factory in the Melbourne suburb of Clayton South have now been on the job for more than three weeks since the United Workers Union (UWU) declared their six-week strike over on April 7. But the workplace enterprise agreement (EA) invoked by the UWU to shut down the stoppage still has not been published.
As a result, workers at the plant, which produces and packages sauces and spices for major fast-food and retail outlets, still do not know the details of the agreement negotiated by management and the union.
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United Workers Union secretary Susie Allison said on February 26 that the workers are on a below average wage. Our members worked every day during the pandemic to ensure McCormick could continue to provide food products to restaurants and supermarkets. In return McCormick is now offering these essential workers no pay rise and slashing their conditions. How’s that fair?
They are striking for a 3% annual wage increase, no cuts to penalty rates or working conditions.
Every time the workers have attempted to negotiate a new one, the boss put forward “zero per cent” pay rise on the table and told the union to take it or leave it. Workers told
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