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:

http://www.3cr.org.au/aggregator/sources/797

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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.

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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!

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On 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.

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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!

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