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MEDIA STATEMENT –Re: ‘Workers underpaid $300m – The Age’ 31/8/16
The SDA rejects assertions in today’s Fairfax story that the majority of workers at Woolworths, KFC and Hungry Jacks are worse off under a variety of Enterprise Agreements. The SDA has worked hard over many years to lift fast food industry rates to achieve parity with retail. Some fast food workers in some states have received wage increases in excess of
Devastating announcement for Masters staff
The SDA is deeply disappointed with the announcement this afternoon that Masters stores will cease trading by mid-December across the country. SDA National Secretary Gerard Dwyer said that while stores will remain open for the next 12-14 weeks this will be a very difficult period for staff. “This is a devastating announcement for some 6,000 staff in light of recent
Woolworths job loss announcement a difficult day for workers
Today’s announcement that Woolworths is removing 500 head office and supply chain jobs and closing 21 stores across the country will be difficult news for workers. Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association National Secretary Gerard Dwyer said the major supermarkets decision to shut down stores will have an impact on workers and their families, but the union will be working
Plan to halt worker exploitation welcomed
The Shorten Labor Party’s commitment today to cracking down on rogue franchisees and franchisors will help put an end to the horrific exploitation of workers at stores like 7-Eleven. SDA, the union for retail, fast-food and warehouse workers, said that while a wide range of measures need to be introduced in order to stop the exploitation of workers, today’s announcement
Statement from Gerard Dwyer, National Secretary of the SDA – re Coles decision
The SDA is extremely disappointed that Coles have not agreed to make undertakings as invited to by the Fair Work Commission. Undertakings could have addressed the anomalies identified by the Commission, and mean that an enterprise agreement that provides higher wages and benefits to the vast majority of employees would have remained in place. The 2014 Coles Agreement was endorsed
