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Union Solidarity aims to build a mass based united front campaign on the ground to defeat the repressive IR laws. Union Solidarity is a wide network of affiliated community and welfare organisations and unions with the single aim of building a broad people’s movement to beat back attacks on workers, unions and communities.
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Colrain workers win dispute.
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AMWU members at the Colrain Wholesale Warehouse in Derrimut returned to work after successfully forcing their employer to terminate efforts to introduce Australian Workplace Agreements. Management agreed to the union demand to negotiate an EBA in good faith. Further the company will immediately introduce RDOs (Rostered Days Off), commit to preserving the industry award and provide safely footware.
There is an in-principle agreement to negotiate from 18 Jan 2006 around the following:
Workers online article | Background to dispute |