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	<description>the fighting union for fast food and retail workers in Victoria</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>7-Eleven stores set to face inconvenient truth</title>
		<link>http://www.unite.org.au/2010/01/28/7-eleven-stores-set-to-face-inconvenient-truth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ombudsman to prosecute former 7-Eleven operators</title>
		<link>http://www.unite.org.au/2010/01/20/ombudsman-set-to-prosecute-former-7-eleven-operators/</link>
		<comments>http://www.unite.org.au/2010/01/20/ombudsman-set-to-prosecute-former-7-eleven-operators/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Authorities 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bakers Delight campaign: Interview on 3CR</title>
		<link>http://www.unite.org.au/2009/12/07/bakers-delight-campaign-interview-on-3cr/</link>
		<comments>http://www.unite.org.au/2009/12/07/bakers-delight-campaign-interview-on-3cr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UNITE organiser Mel Gregson recently spoke to Diana Beaumont from 3CR&#8217;s Stick Together about the campaign for decent wages and conditions for Bakers Delight workers.
Listen to the interview here:
3crcast-2009-11-22-16774
Stick Together airs on 3CR community radio in Melbourne on Sundays at 10 - 10.30AM, and is repeated Thursdays 6 - 6.30AM. It is Australia&#8217;s only national [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local paper: &#8220;Bakery workers stage uprising over pay&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.unite.org.au/2009/11/13/local-paper-bakery-workers-stage-uprising-over-pay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.unite.org.au/2009/11/13/local-paper-bakery-workers-stage-uprising-over-pay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last 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:
Heidleberg and Diamond Valley Weekly:
Bakery Workers stage uprising over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bakers Delight workers: Vote ‘NO’ to the proposed agreement</title>
		<link>http://www.unite.org.au/2009/11/13/bakers-delight-workers-vote-%e2%80%98no%e2%80%99-to-the-proposed-agreement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.unite.org.au/2009/11/13/bakers-delight-workers-vote-%e2%80%98no%e2%80%99-to-the-proposed-agreement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Say ‘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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Young Unionists Network: National Day of Action- Youth Rates Suck</title>
		<link>http://www.unite.org.au/2009/11/13/young-unionists-network-national-day-of-action-youth-rates-suck/</link>
		<comments>http://www.unite.org.au/2009/11/13/young-unionists-network-national-day-of-action-youth-rates-suck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UNITE 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protest: Say &#8216;NO&#8217; to the Bakers Delight rip off!</title>
		<link>http://www.unite.org.au/2009/11/02/protest-say-no-to-the-bakers-delight-rip-off/</link>
		<comments>http://www.unite.org.au/2009/11/02/protest-say-no-to-the-bakers-delight-rip-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Support 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. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bakers workers not Delighted!</title>
		<link>http://www.unite.org.au/2009/10/26/bakers-workers-not-delighted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.unite.org.au/2009/10/26/bakers-workers-not-delighted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.unite.org.au/?p=339</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[UNITE 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:
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7-Eleven award a sick joke!</title>
		<link>http://www.unite.org.au/2009/10/23/7-eleven-award-a-sick-joke/</link>
		<comments>http://www.unite.org.au/2009/10/23/7-eleven-award-a-sick-joke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[7-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!
7-Eleven franchisees have recently been forced to back pay 168 workers more than $162,000. At the same time the Fair Work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7-Eleven workers losing in numbers game: union</title>
		<link>http://www.unite.org.au/2009/10/09/7-eleven-workers-losing-in-numbers-game-union/</link>
		<comments>http://www.unite.org.au/2009/10/09/7-eleven-workers-losing-in-numbers-game-union/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following article appeared in this week&#8217;s Melbourne Times:
By Genevieve Gannon
Fair Work is investigating 7-Eleven franchises in Victoria over claims of exploitation. The union for fast food and retail workers, UNITE, said international students, particularly Indians, had become common targets.
UNITE secretary Anthony Main said some 7-Eleven workers were being paid half what they were entitled [...]]]></description>
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