Meeting: What happened to our Rights at Work?
Friday, July 31st, 2009UNITE member Kirk Leonard will be speaking at a meeting about the Rudd Government’s new Industrial Relations legislation, the Fair Work Act.
Archive for July, 2009
$112,000 back paid to Melbourne 7-Eleven workers
Monday, July 27th, 2009UNITE’s year long campaign starts to bring results
UNITE’s campaign against convenience store giant 7-Eleven is starting to bring results. After a series of protests and media publicity, UNITE has forced the Fair Work Ombudsman to take action against 7-Eleven franchisees that have been underpaying international students.
7-Eleven stores back-pay Sydney workers $50,000
Friday, July 10th, 20097-Eleven workers in Sydney have been back paid over $50,000 after a Fair Work Ombudsman’s investigation prompted by UNITE. The following is an excerpt from the media release from the Fair Work Ombudsman:
“Fifteen convenience stores in Sydney’s CBD will reimburse 80 workers more than $50,000 after an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman found the employees were being underpaid.
Fair Work Ombudsman Executive Director Michael Campbell says inspectors have checked the books of 50 stores selected at random.