Bakers Delight at Low Wages, Poor Conditions

In the case of Bakers Delight stores in St. Helena, Diamond Creek and Laurimar: No Penalty Rates, No Guaranteed Hours, No Sick Pay and No Holiday Pay. How Positively Delightful! http://www.unite.org.au/2009/10/26/bakers-workers-not-delighted/#more-339

The friendly sales assistants at Bakers Delight stores in St. Helena, Diamond Creek and Laurimar (Victoria, Australia) are currently negotiating a new workplace agreement. So far their employer, Wayne Price, has offered them an agreement that does away with penalty rates, guaranteed hours, sick pay and holiday pay in exchange for a tiny bit extra in the base rate. Mr. Price has also refused to include yearly pay increases to cover the cost of living.

WAGE SLAVE PLANET Part 457. http://www.theage.com.au/national/subway-probes-exploitation-20090824-ewji.html Ben Schneiders and Clay Lucas August 25, 2009

FAST food chain Subway will investigate and review its operations after claims that a Melbourne shop systematically failed to pay foreign trial workers. The Age revealed yesterday that Prateek Sahni, 23, is claiming more than $200,000 in penalties after he said he was not paid for more than 40 hours' work at the store at 1-5 Elizabeth Street in February. He also said he was required by his manager to do labouring, including the lifting of heavy stones, at a property near Sunshine, without pay. His lawyers, Maurice Blackburn, said other international students had made similar complaints about the same store.

In Melbourne outside Parliament train station approximately 1,000 leaflets were distributed in solidarity with jailed unionists in Iran from 7:30am to 9am on Friday 26 June More information: Victor Moore, Rail, Tram & Bus Union 0475 512 494 source AAWL on 3CR's 9am Saturday's Asia Pacific Currents radio show interview Saturday June 27th http://www.3cr.org.au/asiapac

MUA members and officials joined around 300 unionists, workers and members of the Australian Iranian community outside the Iranian Embassy 25 Culgoa Circuit O'Malley 12 noon Friday 26 June in Canberra, protesting against the repression of workers' rights in Iran. Watch the video by MUA film maker and waterside worker COOPER SILK http://www.mua.org.au/news/mua-joins-international-protests-against-worker-re/

VIDEO of first action of the day of Global Solidarity NZ ITF unions at the protest rallyn outside the Iranian Embassy In Wellington NZ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXcq3mghcms

More regions and action see: http://www.justiceforiranianworkers.org/

Iran news on Labour Start http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/show_news.pl?country=Iran

Aussie unionists block traffic to support Zeal workers

Australian transport unions blocked the busy intersection outside Air New Zealand's Brisbane HQ on 3rd June in solidarity with the Zeal 320 crew. The solidarity protest by the Transport Workers Union, Maritime Union of Australia and the Rail, Tram and Bus Union came against the backdrop of the triennial Australian Council of Trade Unions congress and shows anger over Air New Zealand's behaviour toward workers in its subsidiary is spreading across the Tasman.

VIDEOS Check out the "Air New Zealand Shame On You" chants & footage here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S1Oi1r0l3Q

Zeal crew member and EPMU delegate Kirsty Barrett-Hamilton addresses the Australian solidarity protest. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUF7sKeLwHU&feature=related

PHOTOGRAPHS: http://www.flickr.com/photos/epmu/sets/72157619215305246/detail/ There's more, including speeches, at www.epmu.org.nz/youtube

License public domainThis work is in the public domain.

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The Union Show on Channel 31 ran a story about UNITE’s campaign against 7-Eleven.

Click the link below to watch the clip on Blip TV it comes on after about 7 minutes.

The particular show also looks at the situation facing DSE firefighters, construction worker safety and a tribute to a good friend of UNITE, Dave Kerin.

We urge all of our members and supporters to check out The Union Show 7pm every Tuesday night on Cahnnel 31. Many thanks to the crew at SKA TV for producing such a fantastic show every week!

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