Independent Liquor Strike tomorrow in Auckland
Urgent Urgent Urgent!
Support Independent Liquor Workers
Community protest in support of workers at Independent Liquor.
Monday 30th October (tomorrow) 8.30am at Independent Liquor, Boundary Road, Papakura
These workers are taking action in support of their pay claims and in opposition to the vicious bullying, intimidation and harassment of union members at this site.
Independent workers are fighting for parity with other brewery workers. For example:
·Workers at Lion and DB receive on average 10% more than Independent Liquor workers for performing the same job.
·The shift allowances at Lion are typically between $27 and $42 per shift while at DB they range from $24 to $36 per shift. At Independent the range is from $12.50 to $15 per shift.
·Overtime rates come in after 40 hours per week or 8 hours per day at Lion and DB but after 45 hours per week at Independent.
·Redundancy at Lion and DB is triple the redundancy arrangements at Independent.
Independent Liquor workers typically earn $300 per week less than Lion and DB workers.
This has been a long, very difficult battle by the workers. The company has stonewalled negotiations and victimised union members. It is now being sold with the workers left high and dry with poor redundancy arrangements.
The company was owned by Michael Erceg who was killed in a helicopter crash last year. It has been hugely profitable and is now valued at more than a billion dollars.
Please spread the word quickly to gain the maximum support we can for this action.
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