Employees with Harvey Beef have today voted to accept a new collective agreement, some two months after breakdowns between workers and the company started.
The state's largest abattoir, Harvey Beef, and the Australian Meat Industry Employees Union have agreed to jointly recommend a new union collective agreement to Harvey Beef's processing staff.
The state's meatworkers union says it would not be surprised if Harvey Beef workers voted in favour of a new pay deal today, which will cut a third of employee's pay packets by 20 per cent.
The state's meatworkers union has recommended Harvey Beef employees reject the same collective agreement that is again being offered by the company today.
Western Australia's largest meatworks, Harvey Beef, will suspend its processing operations for nine days as the global financial crisis dries up customers' credit for the product.
The state government has helped to secure major new contracts that will ensure the majority of beef sold to Western Australian consumers in Coles supermarkets is actually produced in WA.
ALAN Green jokes about how he is going to improve his golf handicap after June 30, the date he steps down from his management position at EG Green & Sons, the company behind Harvey Beef and Western Australia’s dominant force in meat processing.
17 Jun 2003
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