A group of unions has descended on Parliament House, calling for a royal commission into the fruit and vegetable industry, claiming it has the worst exploitation of any workforce in Australia.Unions from across the retail supply chain want a royal commission into the horticulture industry
Government, farmers says issues of exploitation are being addressed and a royal commission is not necessaryThe federal government says it will not support a royal commission, and despite acknowledging "issues in the sector", the National Farmers' Federation says the call is "another example of union grandstanding".
The Australian Workers' Union, Transport Workers' Union and Shop Distributive and Allied Employees' Association have formed an alliance claiming to represent each sector of the retail supply chain. It says several state inquiries, academic studies and the damning Harvest Trail Inquiry by the Fair Work Ombudsman have not done enough to clean up the horticulture sector.
"From violence to harassment, to passports being taken off, to forced slavery, to 76 workers living in a single house, forced to work 12-hour days, seven days a week, " AWU National Secretary Dan Walton said."Enough is enough. We need a royal commission into this industry. We need to shine a spotlight into the deepest and darkest corners of it, to clear it up once and for all," he said.
Royal Commission desperately required for the Real Estate industry too.
Fuck yeh they don’t cost much let’s have one into toilet paper sales !
If Coles and woolworths paid the farmers more this wouldn't be as much of an issue.
If it's impossible (they tell us) to get fruit and vegetables from field to plate, then something is seriously wrong. The union's complaint is only a single aspect of this train wreck. Let's have a RC into food security.
and the lowest membership uptake? LOL
Growth industry ... Royal Commissions!
What’s this about worrolong ?
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