Hundreds to march on ExxonMobil HQ after 300 days of protest for fair pay and conditions
Union delegates from across Victoria will march on ExxonMobil headquarters in solidarity with Esso/UGL Longford plant workers – all AMWU, AWU and ETU members - who were sacked 300 days ago for refusing to accept major pay cuts and changes to their rostering arrangements that would have taken them away from their families.
ExxonMobil is one of Australia’s most notorious and sophisticated tax dodgers, using a vast international network of subsidiaries to avoid contributing to the countries where it operates.
The situation these workers are in highlights how far the balance of power has swung towards powerful employers and multinational corporations. We need to change the rules so that workers can protect their wages and conditions, and fight to improve them.
Esso/UGL worker and Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union delegate Troy Carter is a husband and father of two young children. He worked for the company offshore for nine years before it sought to tear up the enterprise bargaining agreement and slash wages by up to 30% and cut the conditions of 230 workers.
Quotes attributable to Troy Carter – AMWU delegate and worker
Quotes attributable to ACTU Secretary Sally McManus:
Union delegates from across Victoria will march on ExxonMobil headquarters in solidarity with Esso/UGL Longford plant workers – all AMWU, AWU and ETU members - who were sacked 300 days ago for refusing to accept major pay cuts and changes to their rostering arrangements that would have taken them away from their families.
ExxonMobil is one of Australia’s most notorious and sophisticated tax dodgers, using a vast international network of subsidiaries to avoid contributing to the countries where it operates.
The situation these workers are in highlights how far the balance of power has swung towards powerful employers and multinational corporations. We need to change the rules so that workers can protect their wages and conditions, and fight to improve them.
Esso/UGL worker and Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union delegate Troy Carter is a husband and father of two young children. He worked for the company offshore for nine years before it sought to tear up the enterprise bargaining agreement and slash wages by up to 30% and cut the conditions of 230 workers.
Quotes attributable to Troy Carter – AMWU delegate and worker
- “For 300 days we’ve stuck together and stood up against corporate greed. Exxon and UGL tried to take away our union agreement, they tried to cut our wages and conditions, they tried to fly in workers instead of employing us locals, and they tried to break our resolve. But we will not be broken.
- “We know that corporate greed like Exxon’s, like UGL’s, is coming to an end. I think they know too that Australians won’t cop this sort of harmful corporate behaviour any more.
- “We are here today to remind Exxon and UGL that we aren’t going anywhere and we will continue our fight for fairness for another 300 days if we need to.
Quotes attributable to ACTU Secretary Sally McManus:
- “These workers have been fighting for 300 days for a fair go at work. No one should be forced into a 30% pay cut.
- “Esso’s parent company ExxonMobil operates a massive tax avoidance network to shield its immense profits from scrutiny, and is the worst tax dodger operating in Australia.
- "Despite its massive profits and the fact that it pays no tax, ExxonMobil is trying to cut the pay of workers in Australia.
- “We must change the rules to ensure that employers pay their fair share of tax and workers have the power to fight for better pay and conditions.
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