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9
Dec 2018

Media Release | This has got to stop. Fast food workers must be treated with respect

This has got to stop. Fast food workers must be treated with respect   The SDA – the union for workers in retail and fast food is calling on the public to treat fast workers with respect during the busy Christmas period as part of its ongoing ‘No One Deserves A Serve’ campaign, which launches a new advertising blitz today.

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23
Oct 2018

Media Release | Woolworths agreement receives 93% yes vote

Woolworths agreement receives 93% yes vote   Woolworths workers vote yes – an overwhelmingly 93% ‘yes’ vote has been cast in support of the new Woolworths agreement. Almost 68,000 Woolworths workers across Australia participated in the ballot. The overwhelmingly ‘yes’ vote endorses a new enterprise agreement that protects take home pay, improves penalty rates, secures hard-won SDA conditions and ensures

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28
Sep 2018

27 September | SDA wins major penalty rate increase for casual workers

The SDA has today won a major case in the Fair Work Commission that will see penalty rates for over 350,000 causal retail workers increased on Saturday’s and for evening work from November this year.   First lodged in 2015, the SDA’s application to lift casual rates in the General Retail Industry Award (GRIA) was part of the Commission’s long-running

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30
Jun 2018

Don’t Bag Retail Staff – Queensland, Western Australia and Coles and Big W to go bag free on July 1

With Queensland, Western Australia, Coles and Big W stores nationwide banning the use of single use plastic bags on 1 July, the SDA is reminding customers to be prepared and that there’s no excuse for abusive behaviour to retail staff.   SDA National Secretary Gerard Dwyer said that to inform and prepare customers, the union has launched the ‘Don’t Bag

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30
Jun 2018

Unfair penalty rate cuts hit retail and fast food workers hard

The next round of penalty rates cuts, set to begin on July 1 for 700,000 Australians including hundreds of thousands of workers in retail and fast food were deeply unfair, did not create jobs, did not stimulate the economy and once again demonstrated why Australia needs to change the rules relating to work. SDA National Secretary Gerard Dwyer said that

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