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Huon workers picket for entitlements
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Huon Group administrators sacked 122 people from factories in Bendigo, Frankston and Dandenong, last week, and announced $30 million in owed entitlements, for all 600 employees, had disappeared.
Furious employees deserted all three factories after mass meetings, last Friday. NUW and AMWU members set up picket lines and determined to let nothing in or out until sacked colleagues received their full entitlements. "They've voted to take control of the company's assets until something is sorted out," Dave Oliver (AMWU state secretary) confirmed. more... Franston Picket: FRN Frankston, 300 Frankston-Dandenong Rd Frankston Recent events: (wed 19 July) An application for an s496 order against the National Union of Workers and Australian Manufacturing Workers Union to force members from Huon Corporation back to work, was adjourned late this afternoon (Wednesday July 19). read more more info: Howard's $30m Rip Off | AMWU | Wed 19 July NUW press release Labels: strikes |
