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Month: September 2019

Media Statement: McDonald’s enterprise agreement withdrawal disappointing

Statement from Gerard Dwyer, National Secretary of the SDA – the union for retail, fast food and warehouse workers: “The SDA is extremely disappointed that McDonald’s has today withdrawn the proposed enterprise agreement from the registration process before the Fair Work Commission. “The proposed agreement was reached after lengthy negotiations between the parties and while…

Disappointment for Kmart workers as Fair Work Commission fails to approve EBA

In a disappointing move for Kmart workers across the country, the Fair Work Commission has today rejected the proposed enterprise agreement – an agreement which would have delivered pay rises across the board while also protecting, and improving, workers’ hard-won conditions. The agreement was rejected primarily on the basis of voting technicalities going to who…

Important update for Kmart workers

2 September 2019 After a long delay, today the Fair Work Commission decided that it could not approve the proposed Kmart Agreement primarily due to voting technicalities going to who was and wasn’t entitled to vote. Despite being overwhelmingly supported in a 91.7% yes vote, the Commission believes that some errors were made regarding who…

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