Australia: as prices skyrocket, Kirin's Berri Juices denies workers wage rises for over two years

27 January 2010 UPDATE
Workers at Kirin's Berri Juices protect conditions, win new agreement and gains with concerted union campaign
http://asianfoodworker.net/?p=801

While consumer prices have been skyrocketing, workers at the Berri Juice factory on the outskirts of Sydney, Australia, saw their last wage rise in March 2007. This despite the fact that Berri's operations in the same period have grown. The workers, members of the IUF-affiliated Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU), have been forced to take industrial action for the first time in 24 years due to the intransigence of the management in stalling negotiations on a new collective agreement. Berri is part of National Foods, which is owned by the Japanese multinational food company Kirin. At all the other Berri facilities in Australia, collective agreements have been concluded and wage rises have occurred.

http://asianfoodworker.net
http://www.amwu.asn.au

Recorded November 2009

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Kirin
• Berri
• National
• Foods
• IUF
• AMWU
• workers
• Japan
• Australia
• Trade
• Unions