Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Exploited fruit pickers deserve minimum wage - Australian Workers Union urges overhaul of award to avoid $3 an hour rate

Evidence of widespread wages theft in the fruit picking sector could force the closure of an industrial loophole that allows farms to pay foreign workers as little as three dollars an hour or $60 a day. 

The Australian Workers Union will apply to the Fair Work Commission to amend the current horticulture award to ensure farm workers receive the minimum $24.80 an hour. 

ABC's Peter Ryan speaks with AWU national secretary Daniel Walton who says greater enforcement in the sector is needed to ensure workers are not exploited.

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