ACTION: SUPPORT STRIKING JB Hi-Fi WORKERS!
JB 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!
The Unite Union (NZ) has been negotiating with JB Hi-Fi management for over six months for a collective agreement but the Australian bosses are refusing to raise wages for staff this year.
Most JB Hi-Fi workers are paid just above the minimum wage yet the Australian electronic retail giant JB Hi-Fi’s net profit after tax is expected to be A$117 million to A$120 million this year.
“It’s absolutely ridiculous JB Hi-Fi has told employees in New Zealand they shouldn’t expect a pay rise this year when over in Australia JB Hi-Fi workers earn nearly twice as much as New Zealand workers,” said Unite Union (NZ) organiser Omar Hamed.
“Union members plan to disrupt operations…and will continue industrial action at stores across the country until the company offers a wage increase to members”.
“The CEO of JB Hi-Fi was paid A$2.9 million in the last year so the company cannot plead poverty to its employees who have not had a pay rise in two years. Union members are making a stand not just for themselves but for all low paid retail workers in New Zealand,” said Omar.
Unite (NZ) members in JB Hi-Fi are taking action on Saturday 8th May.
An international solidarity action in will happen in Melbourne (AUS) on Saturday 8th May, 12pm at the Bourke st JB Hi-Fi (206 Bourke st, City – near Russell st)
For more info visit:
Unite Union (NZ): http://www.unite.org.nz/
View New Zealands’s TV3’s coverage of the strike:
http://www.3news.co.nz/JB-Hi-Fi-capital-staff-strike/tabid/309/articleID/151451/Default.aspx