Bang on Xmas – Talley’s sacks workers – MWU

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Coming on top of a year of turbulence in AFFCO Talleys meat plants, two union delegates have been sacked right on Xmas because they went into work early to talk to union members, says the NZ Meat Workers Union.

One of the sacked workers is Bertie Ratu, the Shed Secretary of the Rangiuru plant, who earlier this year was threatened with dismissal by the company because she went to her local MP to raise concerns.

“The delegates were dismissed because they went to work to calm union members upset about unfair treatment and tempers were getting short,” says Darien Fenton, NZ Meat Workers Union.

“This is typical Talley behaviour. They are a company at war with its workforce.

“Since the Employment Court decision in November that AFFCO Talley workers had been unlawfully locked out and the company had breached good faith, Talley’s has embarked on a petty vendetta to punish any workers who are union members.

“Sacking workers for spurious reasons three days before Xmas highlights the difference between one of New Zealand’s wealthiest families and their workforce.

“While Sir Peter Talley and his sons sit in their multi-million dollar mansion eating Christmas pudding, these delegates and hundreds of their other workers who are still locked out will be having a miserable Christmas.

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“This won’t go unnoticed or unchallenged. While the good folk of New Zealand help these workers through this difficult time, the union movement, nationally and internationally will be ensuring this company is brought to account, ” says Darien Fenton.

4 COMMENTS

  1. Is anyone really surprised anymore? I mean, the routine contempt with which the Talley family treat their workforce is an ongoing saga. It’s like Coronation Street written by embittered sadists. The Talleys probably won’t be happy until they bring back slavery, and then Peter and Andrew can stalk about the factory floor, thrashing their staff with horsewhips and calling them scum.

  2. My wife and I have been boycotting Talley’s Products since 1992. We are not prepared to risk choking on foodstuffs produced by this scum.

  3. The conditions and pay of the ” working family ” have been horrendous since that retrograde piece of legislation, the ECA 1991 .
    There are companies who still respect the principles of a fair days pay for a fair days work, and I am currently employed by such an example, an old family business.
    Like the labour protests of the Western Seaboard of the USA, the time is nigh for an overthrow of the exploitation of the worker.
    It is now ” payback time “!!!
    We have. Eighteen months to get organised.

  4. The conditions and pay of the ” working family ” have been horrendous since that retrograde piece of legislation, the ECA 1991 .
    There are companies who still respect the principles of a fair days pay for a fair days work, and I am currently employed by such an example, an old family business.
    Like the labour protests of the Western Seaboard of the USA, the time is nigh for an overthrow of the exploitation of the worker.
    It is now ” payback time “!!!
    We have eighteen months to get organised.

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