A compromise has been reached between food manufacturer Campbell’s Soup and workers at their factory in Shepparton. Work at the factory in Victoria came to a halt last Friday when employees launched industrial action due to a breakdown in negotiations over new workplace agreements. Employees had since been locked out and not paid since Friday night, but an agreement has now reportedly been reached. Campbell’s said the agreement regarding a draft flexibility clause to be included in the... ...Read more »

The Campbell’s Soup factory in Shepparton has come to a halt today as employees of the company launched industrial action. The ABC reports that around 150 maintenance and production staff have gone on strike for a period of 24 hours as negotiations for a new enterprise bargaining agreement continue. Damian King from the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union said that negotiations have fallen down in response to flexibility arrangements. “We’ve had protracted negotiations, we still... ...Read more »

The Berri juice factory is back in operation after vandals caused a temporary closure of the plant last week. National Foods has reported the damage bill left by vandals – who smashed computers and emptied containers full of thousands of litres of juice – stood at around half-a-million dollars. An official at the plant in the Riverland of South Australia, Geoff Lynch, hopes the company can begin bottling again sometime this week. He told the ABC that workers would phase-in production... ...Read more »