Members win back their entitlements through union support
Four TWU members were pleasantly surprised when they opened their pay
slips last month and found that their previous employer, waste company
J.J. Richards, had deposited thousands of dollars in workplace
entitlements into their accounts.
The payments accounted for over $40, 000 in unpaid holiday pay, sick leave and RDOs that each member had accumulated while working for J.J. Richards.
J.J. Richards did not do this out of the kindness of their hearts. Rather the lump sum payments made to members was part of an on-going union campaign to improve the working conditions, and wages of workers at the waste company.
The TWU stepped up its campaign when J.J. Richards lost the tender at Canterbury Council and initially refused to pay redundancies to those workers that were left without work.
“Our members were abandoned by a company they had given more than seven years of their life to. This wasn’t good enough - our members should not be treated like the stuff they pick up and so the TWU demanded from J.J. Richards that our members be treated fairly and paid what they are legally owed”, said Transport Workers’ Union NSW Secretary Wayne Forno.
Surely enough, our members had their entitlements paid in full.
“It is absurd to think that a worker who had taken less than a weeks worth of sick leave in seven years of employment would not entitled to a redundancy payment that reflects their dedication to the company. It’s great to see that J.J. Richards have finally come to their senses,” said Transport Workers’ Union NSW Secretary Wayne Forno.
J.J. Richards did not do this out of the kindness of their hearts. Rather the lump sum payments made to members was part of an on-going union campaign to improve the working conditions, and wages of workers at the waste company.
The TWU stepped up its campaign when J.J. Richards lost the tender at Canterbury Council and initially refused to pay redundancies to those workers that were left without work.
“Our members were abandoned by a company they had given more than seven years of their life to. This wasn’t good enough - our members should not be treated like the stuff they pick up and so the TWU demanded from J.J. Richards that our members be treated fairly and paid what they are legally owed”, said Transport Workers’ Union NSW Secretary Wayne Forno.
Surely enough, our members had their entitlements paid in full.
“It is absurd to think that a worker who had taken less than a weeks worth of sick leave in seven years of employment would not entitled to a redundancy payment that reflects their dedication to the company. It’s great to see that J.J. Richards have finally come to their senses,” said Transport Workers’ Union NSW Secretary Wayne Forno.