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AMWU picket line needs your support
16 members of the AMWU (Australian Manufacturing Workers Union) are currently on strike at the Colrain distribution centre in Derrimut (near Laverton). The workers walked out after a colleague was stood down for refusing to scab on the unions protected industrial action. Workers at the plant have been resisting management's attempts to introduce individual Australian Workplace Agreements. The union was successful in gaining the right to take protected industrial action in pursuit of a collective Enterprise Bargaining Agreement. In what appears to be a deliberate provocation, management who have been refusing to negotiate with the union, singled out an individual worker and stood them down for refusing to undergo a management directive.The AMWU has requested support for the picket line. AMWU members look set to face a bleak Christmas in dispute with an intransigent company in what could well be a debut of Howard's new IR laws. Union Solidarity asks all supporters to attend the picket line and to spread the word. Please keep in contact with the website for regular updates about this important dispute. Colrain Dispute: 137 Swann Drive, Derrimut (near Laverton) Melways reference 39, G6. More Info: 0425 796 167 fergieeiffe@hotmail.com If you haven't already please add your name the Union Solidarity supporters email list. We may need to mobilise all our supporters at short notice, include your mobile number. Send an email to the address below and put Subscribe in the subject bar. contact@unionsolidarity.org |
