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
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
As Safety Demands Action Week kicks off of this week, the union representing retail and fast food workers will be present in stores across the country to empower workers to stand up against customer abuse by reporting all incidents and safety breaches at work. SDA National Secretary Gerard Dwyer said, “The national Safety Demands Action Week is an important opportunity
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
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