Fosters wants to flatten beerworkers

Date: 30 July 2007

Queensland brewery workers fight

Union members rallied outside Foster's Australia's marketing office in Fortitude Valley Queensland last week -angered at management's attempts to use the Howard Governments unfair and extreme industrial relations laws to impose a non-union agreement at the Yatala site.

Global beer brand won't talk to union

Employees are angered at Foster's attempts to use the Howard Governments unfair and extreme industrial relations laws to impose a non-union agreement at the Yatala site.

Bosses want to exclude unions

Faran Neven has worked at the Yatala brewery for about 15 years and has been a member of the LHMU for 13 years.

"We just want to be allowed the opportunity to negotiate a union collective agreement that's fair for everyone", Faran Neven said.

Disgruntled members stood united with their union representatives outside Foster's Australia's office highlighting their fight for a union collective agreement that protects their interests into the future.

- A union collective agreement;delegates and officials to negotiate a union collective agreement;

- Foster's management to address the union log of claims;

- constant review of negotiations as needed.

Forsters workers want their choice respected

"The vast majority of Yatala brewery employees want their wages and conditions set by a union collective agreement. That's the choice they've made.

Only bosses get to choose under Howard work laws

"So much for John Howard's Work Choices, only bosses get to choose under Howard's IR laws", Mr Monaghan said.

Read earlier Fosters story

FOSTERing workplace discontent

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