Workers at poultry producer Inghams threaten strike action - report (updated)

Inghams

19/09/2023 23:25

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       Sept 20 (Reuters) - More than 1,000 workers at
Australia's largest poultry producer Inghams  ING.AX  will
strike for 24 hours on Friday in pursuit of an 18% pay claim,
according to a report on Wednesday by the newspaper the
Australian, which cited the United Workers Union.
    An Inghams spokesperson said discussions are continuing.
    The union said it has been bargaining with the company since
the beginning of the year.
    Workers at Inghams are on around A$25-an-hour and they are
asking for an extra A$1.50-an-hour, the union's National
Secretary Tim Kennedy said.
    Inghams supplies its products to supermarkets such as
Woolworths  WOW.AX  and Coles  COL.AX  and fast-food chains
including McDonald's  MCD.N .

 (Reporting by Navya Mittal in Bengaluru)
 ((Navya.Mittal@thomsonreuters.com))