Spare a thought for the workers who are serving you your Easter eggs this weekend: they might have been lumped with an unfair AWA individual contract.
Casual workers at Darrell chocolates shops have been left with a less than sweet taste in their mouths after their employers served them up an AWA that cut public holiday pay by more than $100 a shift. Weekend rates are also slashed, and there is no pay rise factored in over the life of the five year agreement.
John Howard likes to trumpet that AWAs are "flexible" and allow workers to "negotiate" with their employers. But surprise, surprise: at Darrell Lea, every AWA is the same… and if you don't sign, you lose shifts.
Tell Darrell Lea boss John Tolmie to pay his workers fairly! Send him an email from this website today. www.rightsatwork.com.au
Mr Tolmie told newspapers last week that he felt competitive pressure to cut his staff's pay and conditions. "As we understand it, from our research, just about every other retailer out there has got some form or other of AWAs in play," he said.
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