100+ rally in support of 7-Eleven workers in Geelong
 On Friday February 13 more than 100 people attended a rally outside the 7-Eleven store in the heart of Geelong.The protest called for 7-Eleven to start paying its workers the legal minimum wage and for all unpaid wages to be paid back to them. The rally was also demanding that one of the workers, who was sacked for making a complaint, be reinstated. This particular 7-Eleven store on Moorabool Street is particularly dodgy. The operator makes any new employees work for up to 2 months in what he calls an “unpaid trial”. When he realised that some of the workers were thinking of reporting his illegal behavior to the Workplace Ombudsman, he threatened them with violence. Despite this, while breaking nearly every law in the book, 7-Eleven still had the audacity to visit the Geelong Police station on the morning before the rally asking them to put a stop to it! more details... more info: www.unite.org.au Labels: 7 Eleven, Community Protest |
7-Eleven action for decent wages
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12 noon and 1pm Friday
February 13 7-Eleven store 115 Moorabool St Geelong. [corner of the mall Geelong city centre] UNITE has opened a second front in our campaign against 7-Eleven’s super-exploitation. Workers in the Moorabool Street store are only paid a flat rate of $10 per hour and some have been forced to do an unpaid trial of up to 2 months! To top it off one worker was stood down for making a complaint and other workers have been threatened with violence. The Workplace Ombudsman is now investigating the employment practices at the store and complaints have also been registered with Worksafe and the Police. UNITE is demanding that the store start paying all of their workers at least the minimum wage plus penalty rates. We also want the worker who was stood down to be reinstated and for the franchise owner to pay back all of the wages he has stolen from the workers over recent years. The protest is being organised by UNITE and is supported by the Geelong Trades Hall Council. For more information about our ongoing 7-Eleven campaign. more info: http://www.unite.org.au/ Labels: 7 Eleven, Community Protest, Upcoming Events |
7 Eleven Campaign: Another store shut down
 No public support for 7-Eleven’s dodgy behaviour!"UNITE successfully blockaded another 7-Eleven store in the Melbourne CBD yesterday. UNITE is calling on 7-Eleven to stop breaking the law and start paying their workers properly. The response on the picket was perhaps the best we have received yet. Practically no one supports paying people as little as $8 per hour. Hundreds of names were collected on our petition against low pay and another 2000 leaflets were distributed to customers. Many students from RMIT University were keen to stop by to find out more about the campaign. Again we met several who had friends or family members working for 7-Eleven." Source and more info: www.unite.org Labels: 7 Eleven |
7 Eleven Campaign
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Next Action Friday 12 Sept 5pm – 6pm 7-Eleven petrol station 23 Victoria Street East Melbourne. The store is directly across the road from Trades Hall. more info an upcoming action Over 50 people attended UNITE’s first action against 7-Eleven in the Melbourne CBD today. [Fri 5 Sept]. Many 7-Eleven workers are international students and some get paid as little as $9 per hour. more details about first action.. Labels: 7 Eleven |
