Log of claims on Viking

Log of claims on Viking

By Nick Markin

SYDNEY — On February 14, members of the National Union of Workers served a log of claims on the Viking Office Products warehouse in Rydalmere.

The main claim is for a guarantee that all NUW members will be offered employment when the warehouse relocates to a new site in North Rocks and that existing wages and conditions, including the Storemen and Packers General (State) Award, will be applicable to this site.

Other claims include a 30% increase in wages and allowances and for the rates of pay for each classification to be equalised.

Two similar claims have been ignored by management in the past year. NUW members will give management just over a week to respond to the latest claims. If negotiations have not begun, the workers will then decide whether to take industrial action.

Management has been attempting to place employees under a federal award and last month victimised a union co-delegate after a work bans campaign.

From GLW issue 263