7-Eleven campaign: Interview on 3CR
May 27th, 2010
UNITE General Secretary Anthony Main was recently interviewed on 3CR’s Stick Together about the campaign to claim unpaid wages for 7-Eleven workers.
Listen to the interview here:
UNITE is a fighting union that represents fast food and retail workers in Victoria, Australia. UNITE is committed to abolishing youth wages, casualisation and low pay.
To join UNITE call our office on (03) 9328 1555.
To join UNITE call our office on (03) 9328 1555.
Article: “More staff claim underpayment”
May 21st, 2010
by Andrew Mathieson
20th May 2010
http://www.senews.com.au/story/89251
A COURT case involving former Moorabool Street convenience store operators allegedly owing hundreds of hours in unpaid wages has been adjourned to include more workers in the hearing.
But Unite, the fast food and retail union, claims the six former 7-Eleven employees who will front Melbourne Magistrates’ Court later in the year to recoup their losses are about half the workers with underpayment complaints against the operators.
7-ELEVEN PROTEST: MAKE DODGY BOSSES PAY!
May 14th, 2010
The former operators of an infamous 7-Eleven store in Geelong will face the Melbourne Magistrates Court this Wednesday May 19th at 9.30am.
UNITE members and supporters will protest against the underpayment of 7-Eleven workers outside the Court from 9am.
7-Eleven and its franchisee Eddie Chan are responsible for stealing more than $100,000 from a group of young workers in Geelong!
UNITE in solidarity with JB HI-FI workers
May 10th, 2010On Saturday May 8th UNITE organised a solidarity picket outside JB HI-FI on Bourke Street in the city.
Hundreds of leaflets were distributed to customers explaining how the company is refusing to offer its New Zealand retail staff a pay rise. Much interest was shown in our information stall as passers-by stopped to listen to speeches from UNITE organisers.
ACTION: SUPPORT STRIKING JB Hi-Fi WORKERS!
May 6th, 2010JB Hi-Fi workers solidarity action organised by UNITE:
12pm
Saturday 8th May
at JB Hi-Fi
(206 Bourke st, City – near Russell st)
Melbourne, VIC
JB Hi-Fi staff at the company’s Wellington (NZ) store are taking strike action as part of a Unite Union campaign to win higher wages for retail workers. These strikes are the first ever industrial action in over 27 years of the company’s history!
What Have The Unions Ever Done For Us?
April 6th, 2010From labourstart.org:
Labour Video of the Year
And the winner for 2010 is…
http://www.labourstart.org/lvoty/
7-Eleven stores set to face inconvenient truth
January 28th, 2010By Genevieve Gannon (The Melbourne Times 27.01.10)
The Fair Work Ombudsman has started prosecuting 7-Eleven franchisees as part of its statewide audit of the convenience stores, but the union says the probe has hardly scratched the surface of the issue of worker exploitation.
Anthony Main, spokesman for UNITE, the fast food and retail workers union, said workers were being bilked out of pay in a widespread double-hours scam.
Ombudsman to prosecute former 7-Eleven operators
January 20th, 2010Authorities trying to hide the full story of exploitation of international students
UNITE has been made aware today that the Fair Work Ombudsman is set to prosecute the former operators of two 7-Eleven stores in Victoria.
While this news is welcomed, UNITE remains frustrated that the Ombudsman is only scratching the surface of this case. UNITE first brought the issues of severe underpayment at these stores to the attention of the Ombudsman in January 2009. After 12 months and many protests outside these stores, only now is the case being taken to court.
Bakers Delight campaign: Interview on 3CR
December 7th, 2009UNITE organiser Mel Gregson recently spoke to Diana Beaumont from 3CR’s Stick Together about the campaign for decent wages and conditions for Bakers Delight workers.
Listen to the interview here:
Local paper: “Bakery workers stage uprising over pay”
November 13th, 2009Last week UNITE organized a protest out the front of the St Helena Bakers Delight to inform the local community of the dispute. Many students from the local high school came to express support for the Bakers Delight workers.
The protest was reported in the two local papers:
Bakers Delight workers: Vote ‘NO’ to the proposed agreement
November 13th, 2009Say ‘NO’ to low pay, insecurity, and undermining industry standards!
Very soon Bakers Delight workers at St Helena, Diamond Creek and Laurimar will have to vote on a whether to accept a new workplace agreement. Unfortunately Bakers Delight has a history of trying to take advantage of young workers. In 2005 they were one of the first companies to use John Howard’s IR laws to undermine Award conditions. The current agreement is a legacy of this time and is one of the worst in Australia.
We don’t want to see something similar get through again. UNITE has produced this leaflet to make sure you know exactly what you are voting for.
Young Unionists Network: National Day of Action- Youth Rates Suck
November 13th, 2009UNITE wholeheartedly supports YUN’s upcoming National Day of Action against youth rates in Melbourne on November 21st, 1pm at the State Library.
The concept of youth rates is nothing more than discrimination on the basis of age. The simple reason that bosses pay young workers such low wages is to cut costs in order to boost profits.
The arguments used by bosses to pay young people less than a full wage are the same as the arguments used by bosses in the past in favour of paying women less than men. It was only through organising women into unions and fighting that we achieved equal pay for women. A similar fight needs to be waged today by young people.
Protest: Say ‘NO’ to the Bakers Delight rip off!
November 2nd, 2009Support Bakers Delight workers in St Helena, Diamond Creek and Laurimar!
After the positive response we have received from Bakers Delight customers and after speaking to workers, parents and other locals, we have decided to organise a community protest in support of the Bakers Delight workers who are campaigning for better wages and conditions.
Please come along. The details are: 3pm Wednesday 4th November @ St Helena Marketplace, 214 Aqueduct Road St Helena.
Bakers workers not Delighted!
October 26th, 2009UNITE currently represents a group of workers in Bakers Delight stores in the northern suburbs of Melbourne.
Their employer is attempting to get through a workplace agreement that does away with many retail award entitlements.
UNITE is in the process of informing local residents of what was going on. The leaflets we have produced read:
7-Eleven award a sick joke!
October 23rd, 20097-Eleven have recently won the “Established Franchisor of the Year” award at the MYOB Excellence in Franchising Awards ceremony hosted by the Franchise Council of Australia. UNITE is calling on 7-Eleven to hand it back!