Issue No 80 | 01 December 2000 | |
NewsSchweppes Lockout Bubbles Internationally
The lock-out of Cadbury-Schweppes LHMU members in Melbourne has been made an Urgent Action item of the Swiss-based beverage workers union international.
The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) has taken up the case of the more than 150 union members, employed by Cadbury-Schweppes at the Tullamarine plant, have been locked out of their jobs. Last Saturday police forcibly removed them to bring an end to a sit-in at the plant which had lasted for several days. The sit-in began to protest the failure of negotiations for an enterprise agreement. The police reaction came shortly after the Victorian WorkCover Authority had forced a shutdown of the plant because unqualified management personnel and casual workers brought in as strike breakers were operating the sensitive syrup room in violation of health and safety regulations. The IUF on its website has called on all its affiliates to fax and e-mail Cadbury-Schweppes in Australia and the UK. The IUF has advised its affiliates and supporters that E-mail protests should be directed to the global headquarters of Cadbury-Schweppes by clicking here. Copies should be sent to [email protected] and [email protected] to be passed on directly to the LHMU workplace delegates and members. More information about the IUF campaign for Melbourne's Cadbury-Schweppes workers can be found on the IUF website by clicking here. For protest faxes, the addresses of Cadbury-Schweppes Australia and the UK are: * Schweppes Cottee's Australia, Cadbury Schweppes House,636 St Kilda Road, PO Box 6134, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Tel: + 61 3 9520 7444 Fax: + 61 3 9520 7400 * Cadbury Schweppes plc, 25 Berkeley Square, London GB - W1X 6HT Tel +44 20 7409 1313 Fax +44 20 7830 5200 More information about the dispute can be found at this web-site. Click on Cadbury-Schweppes Locks Out Workforce.
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