{"id":37429,"date":"2015-01-27T10:13:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T00:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=37429"},"modified":"2015-02-03T19:34:14","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T09:34:14","slug":"occupydandenong-support-occupying-workers-at-international-flavours-fragrances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=37429","title":{"rendered":"#OccupyDandenong: Support occupying workers at International Flavours & Fragrances!"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE (February 3)<\/strong> : Dandenong factory workers claim ‘significant win’ after four-day lunchroom protest<\/a>, Nick Toscano, The Age<\/em>, January 30, 2015 | In the factory and in the street, Labor [\/labour] is learning again that there is power in a union<\/a>, Van Badham, The Guardian<\/em>, February 3, 2014.<\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/strong> : Social media campaign to #OccupyDandenong gathers steam with IFF workers locked in pay dispute<\/a>, Melissa Townsend, Dandenong Leader<\/em>, January 27, 2015 | Dandenong flavour factory pay dispute escalates to lock-in<\/a>, Lucy Battersby, The Age<\/em>, January 27, 2015 | Workers occupy Melbourne factory<\/a>, Jerome Small, Red Flag<\/em>, January 27, 2015.<\/p>\n

\"nuwdandenong\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Yo!<\/p>\n

BREAKING!<\/p>\n

Several dozen workers @ International Flavours & Fragrances (310 Frankston-Dandenong Road, Dandenong South, VIC, 3175; phone: (03) 9788 9200) have initiated a factory occupation in response to the company’s pushing thru a pay cut and locking them out. Management and scabs have left the building; a dozen police are in attendance.<\/p>\n

SUPPORT IS NEEDED NOW!<\/p>\n

If you can, please attend the community picket at the factory in support of the occupying workers. Bring food, drink, chairs etc and get on down!<\/p>\n

\"nuw2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

For more information, call Bob on 0429 030 436.<\/p>\n

Please share and spread the word!<\/p>\n

Workers stage sit-in at Melbourne factory
\nAAP
\nJanuary 27, 2015<\/p>\n

Workers have occupied a Dandenong factory lunch room in a dispute over a new workplace agreement.<\/p>\n

The strike is taking place at International Flavors and Fragrances Inc (IFF) and is supported by the National Union of Workers.<\/p>\n

Union delegate Arthur Ingles told AAP that workers had been in talks with the company about a new workplace agreement, but IFF “made an offer that gutted our conditions”.<\/p>\n

“And in all the discussions we have been unable to get any movement from them, we’ve been prepared to negotiate,” he said.<\/p>\n

Workers decided to take protected action and stopped all paperwork starting on Tuesday morning, but when they arrived at work before 6am, they were given notices of an indefinite lockout.<\/p>\n

More than 50 staff had a meeting in the lunch room, and have been there since.<\/p>\n

“Good faith should not be a concept. It should be a reality,” Mr Ingles said.<\/p>\n

“We are now negotiating with police about whether we should leave or stay here.”<\/p>\n

Workers have given a manifest to Fair Work Australia that lists their demands, including no erosion of conditions and a right to work without intimidation.<\/p>\n

Those inside the lunch room have taken to Twitter to get their message across using the hashtag #occupydandenong.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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