Community Assembly Shuts Deliveries
Coles Myer Distribution Centre
Union Rd, Somerton
(Melway 180 C9)

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An unlucy day for Coles Myer on Friday 13 April at their distribution centre in Sommerton. A community assembly successfully stopped all deliveries in and out. The centre's deliveries were stopped from 6am until 10am.

Metal construction workers at the Coles Myer Distribution Centre in Somerton are currently staging a community protest for the right to work under the correct award. The workers were forced onto AWA's and have now resigned. Help them fight to get their jobs back under award conditions.

They are being ripped off. Furthermore and more importantly workers on site have also been disrespected and discriminated against, and health and safety has been appalling. Workers raising legitimate health and safety issues have been relocated and even dismissed.

Coles Myer, Schaefer and Busicom Solutions are seeking to take full advantage of the Howard Governments IR laws to undermine conditions that workers have fought for and achieved.

Some of the conditions lost
Less than $18.00 per hour as Casuals

• Less than the Australian Fair Pay Commission Standards
• No annual leave, sick or personal leave, long service leave compassionate leave or redundancy.

Ripped off on overtime payments

• First 3 hours – 1.4 times instead of time and a half
• After 3 hours – 1.8 times compared to the standard double time
• Sundays – 1.8 times not double time
• Public Holidays – 1.4 times not 2.5 times

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