Hundreds of workers at poultry producer Ingham's — which supplies major supermarket and fast food chains across Australia — walk off the job as part of a pay dispute.
Workers at a major poultry company that supplies chickens to supermarkets and fast food giants across the country have launched strike action amid a pay dispute.
The United Workers Union said hundreds of members at two Ingham’s sites — the processing plant at Bolivar in Adelaide’s north, and at Osborne Park in suburban Perth — have walked off the job for at least 24 hours.
It said the strike would have “significant ramifications” for the supply of chickens to major retailers, “not only in South Australia but across the eastern seaboard”.
According to its website, Ingham’s supplies supermarkets including Woolworths, Coles and Aldi, and fast food chains KFC, McDonald’s and Subway.
Mr Kennedy said about 1,000 staff were involved in today’s industrial action which, he said, would “continue through the weekend” and into next week if no agreement is reached.
Ingham’s packer and union delegate Michelle Tan said the disparity in pay between executives and workers was unacceptable at a time of significant cost-of-living spikes.
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Workers at a major poultry company that supplies chickens to supermarkets and fast food giants across the country have launched strike action amid a pay dispute.
The United Workers Union said hundreds of members at two Ingham’s sites — the processing plant at Bolivar in Adelaide’s north, and at Osborne Park in suburban Perth — have walked off the job for at least 24 hours.
It said the strike would have “significant ramifications” for the supply of chickens to major retailers, “not only in South Australia but across the eastern seaboard”.
According to its website, Ingham’s supplies supermarkets including Woolworths, Coles and Aldi, and fast food chains KFC, McDonald’s and Subway.
Mr Kennedy said about 1,000 staff were involved in today’s industrial action which, he said, would “continue through the weekend” and into next week if no agreement is reached.
Ingham’s packer and union delegate Michelle Tan said the disparity in pay between executives and workers was unacceptable at a time of significant cost-of-living spikes.
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