{"id":22275,"date":"2021-07-08T00:28:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T14:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/?p=22275"},"modified":"2021-07-08T00:28:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T14:28:35","slug":"union-win-mccormicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/union-win\/union-win-mccormicks\/","title":{"rendered":"McCormick Food Workers Win 9% Pay Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Union Win: McCormick Foods workers win a 9% pay-rise over 3 years, a $5000 sign-on bonus, and retain conditions.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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McCormick\u2019s is a manufacturer that provides sauces and spices for Australia\u2019s major fast-food providers \u2013 like KFC, McDonald’s, Oporto, Hungry Jacks, and Nando\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Millions of Australians consume their products every day. The company is very profitable.<\/p>\n

Despite this, workers at McCormick\u2019s had gone 5 years without a wage increase. In recent negotiations, McCormick\u2019s offered workers another 0% increase, alongside threats to their working conditions. With inflation rising, this meant the workers were effectively being asked to take a pay cut.<\/p>\n

From the start, workers knew this was bigger than just one site. This has been a fight for respect for all essential workers who toiled through the pandemic, while their companies made massive profits, only to be told that there was no money for a pay rise and that workers had to accept what they were given. <\/span><\/p>\n

So, they worked together, with their union representatives, to devise a plan of action to improve their offer.<\/p>\n

They went on strike.<\/p>\n

And they won \u2013 securing a 3% pay rise per year, no cuts to conditions, and a $5,000 sign-on bonus.<\/p>\n

This is the power of workers coming together.<\/p>\n

The power of collective action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This win has shown that when workers stand united, they can win!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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But it only works when every worker joins in. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Click here<\/a> to join your union and stand with us as we fight for better jobs, and a fairer Australia!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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