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Arnott's workers strike over hourly pay rises worth less than a packet of biscuits
Dozens of Arnott's Biscuits workers outside the Marleston site on Tuesday. (ABC News: Brant Cumming)
About 160 Arnott's workers in Adelaide are participating in a 24-hour work stoppage as part of a pay dispute, which the United Workers Union says stems from four years of below inflation wage increases.
The company has offered a pay rise of 9.5 per cent over two years, but the union says most employees have rejected that proposal.
Adelaide workers who make some of Australia's most iconic snacks have walked off the job after previous pay rises equated to less than $1 per hour — not enough to buy a packet of biscuits.
Workers at biscuit giant walk off the job
Workers at Arnott’s have laid down their tools and walked off the job, taking industrial action for the first time in 30 years.
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Arnott’s Adelaide Workers Stop Work Over Pay
According to ABC News, about 160 Arnott’s Biscuits employees at the Marleston factory in Adelaide took part in a 24-hour work stoppage on Tuesday in a dispute over pay. The United Workers Union said the action involved day and night shift workers and was the first industrial action at the site in more than three decades.
Dozens of workers gathered outside the factory before marching along Marion Road on Tuesday afternoon. Union spokesperson Adam Auld said the Galway Avenue site produces products including Tim Tams, Iced VoVos and other Arnott’s chocolate items.
The union says workers have received wage increases of 2.5 per cent for each of the past four years, which Mr Auld said amounted to less than $1 an hour. He said many employees were struggling with mortgage or rent costs and had to work overtime to make their pay packets stretch. The union is seeking a deal that would put workers ahead of the cost of living.
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