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New deal taking an Age

Jan 13, 2010

Clerical workers at The Age have taken protected industrial action outside the new headquarters in Collins St, Melbourne, after newspaper management allowed negotiations to break down.



Workers are taking action after the newspaper’s management refused to budge on a 2.25% wage offer, and insisted on a flexibility clause that would allow overtime and other conditions to be taken away from individual workers.



AMWU Organiser, Nadia Machlouch said that the 100 workers had received lower pay rises than other Age and Fairfax staff in previous years and were no longer prepared to miss out.



“We are asking the company to come to the table with a realistic offer that recognises the hard work of these employees”.



“We are concerned that the company wants to include a ‘flexibility clause that will allow it to take away individual worker’s conditions after a collective agreement was signed.