Thursday, January 25, 2018

ExxonMobil Australia – 218 Days Protest

218 days. That’s how long workers have been protesting outside a gas plant in Longford, Victoria, owned by oil giant ExxonMobil Australia.



They’re outside because of our broken workplace laws. Laws that allowed the workers’ employer to bring in a dodgy workplace agreement approved by five people on the other side of the country who these workers have never met. Now they are expected to accept 30% wage cuts and harsh rosters which will make it hard for them to see their families.

These workers are some of the faces of the Change the Rules campaign. They are hurting because of our broken rules.

And, to add insult to injury, ExxonMobil made $24.8 billion dollars in Australia in the last three years. Do you know how much tax Exxon paid in that time?

Not a cent. Zero. Zilch. Nada. None.

Every worker out on the lawn at Longford paid more tax last year than the multinational corporation trying to cut their pay.

Help these workers now, and make Exxon pay their fair share of tax, by signing this petition.

It’s completely outrageous. That’s money that should be going to our schools and hospitals, or maybe even paying their workers properly.

If corporations like Exxon want to go after the wages of local workers – we will go after their record of tax dodging. Clearly, they can afford fair wages.

This petition will be delivered by the Exxon workers to the Senate Inquiry into Corporate Tax Avoidance the same day Exxon executives will be grilled by our national leaders.

Let’s show we demand action on these corporations.

It’s very important that as many people to petition as possible. We know when working people stand together we have the most impact, and unless we get an overwhelming show of the community to stand with these workers against tax-dodging Exxon.

Sign the petition to make Exxon pay

Sally McManus
ACTU Secretary

P.S. These are the same tactics used by Carlton United Breweries, who also tried to cut workers’ pay and deny working people the right to negotiate on their own behalf. When we came together to support them, they won. Let’s do it again.

Want to help out the guys directly? Chip in to keep the community protest going: https://www.gofundme.com/essoworkers

http://www.australianunions.org.au/

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