Issue No 107 | 17 August 2001 | |
NewsTip Top's Not the OneBy Andrew CAsey
Bakery workers from Sydney and Newcastle went on a 24 hour stoppage, and protested outside Tip Top's head office in Chatswood NSW, following the company's decision to renege on an agreement to provide income protection and improve wages. " Tip Top had agreed to provide an income protection insurance scheme whose costs would be shared 50/50 by the company and employees," Mark Boyd, the NSW LHMU Assistant Secretary said. " The 1000 LHMU members employed by Tip Top, at their four NSW bakeries, believe the income protection insurance scheme is an essential part of their enterprise agreement package." Income protection is a key element in the LHMU's latest round of enterprise bargaining. The NSW LHMU has been involved in enterprise agreement negotiations with Tip Top since June. The last enterprise agreement concluded in July. " Until just recently we've had some good, constructive negotiations with Tip Top. We thought we were close to coming to an agreement - but then the company went feral," Mark Boyd said. " We believe the costs of the income protection insurance scheme can be shared - and we know we had a deal on this issue. The company is now denying the deal and wants our members to pay for it by a cut in their wage packets."
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