Lockout ends with workers' victory
After being locked out for two and a half days Amcor workers have won a deal meeting their demands and returned to work.
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Press Release by Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union
04 May 2007
After being locked out for two and a half days Amcor workers have won a deal meeting their demands and returned to work.
The fifty Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union members were locked out on Tuesday at noon after they refused the multinational packaging company's attempts to cut staffing numbers to unsafe levels.
EPMU national secretary Andrew Little says the workers can return to their site with their heads held high.
"These workers were prepared to stick this out as long as it took but they'll be relieved this dispute has come to a close so quickly.
"Our members tried to negotiate in good faith and were met with the most extreme and militant response an employer can offer. It's good to see common sense has prevailed and they can now get back to doing their jobs under fair and equitable circumstances."
The deal consisted of appropriate staffing levels without redundancies, an extra week's service and shift leave, an industry standard pay rise and a day's pay to compensate for some of the lockout time.
Members voted unanimously to support the deal.
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Re: Lockout ends with workers' victory
Good news-well done those workers
Re: Lockout ends with workers' victory
Fantastic to see the workers of Aotearoa uniting to challenge the profits-first logic of corporate capitalism.
Solidarity!
Strypey
Re: Lockout ends with workers' victory
AMCOR, the multinational packaging giant backs down a mere 2 days after locking out it's own staff, then accepts their demands and pays for time owed ?? And Andrew Little was involved ??
Good luck to the workers, but there's more to this story than meets the eye! Are there any Indy journos out there who are willing to investigate?
cheers
Skeptic
Re: Lockout ends with workers' victory
Skeptic, last I heard Andrew Little was a secret stooge for the bosses who sustains his strength by stealing bread from the poor and drinking the blood of the workers. But that's just a rumour I heard over on another thread...
Re: Lockout ends with workers' victory
Truth is, Little's a Labour party careerist who will never rock the boat and is prepared to sell fees paying union members endless "dead rats".
To that extent, I guess he is drinking workers blood.
EPMU member
Re: Lockout ends with workers' victory
I guess we'll know the truth when he decides to stand for the Labour Party in 2008. If he decides to stay in the union movement then perhaps there's something more to him than we think. But I seriously doubt that will happen.