PHOTO: Grain handlers will commence strike action across NSW today. Image: GrainCorp.
Grain handlers will begin one hour stoppages at grain sites across the north west of NSW today (Tuesday 29 October) as part of protected industrial action, said the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) which represents the workers.
The action begins after negotiations supervised by the Fair Work Commission with GrainCorp broke down last Friday.
The AWU said GrainCorp executives refused an additional 1% wage increase in year three of the new agreement. 1% equates to approximately 30 cents per hour to grain handlers that won’t kick in for two years…