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government to restrict wage increases in order to reduce inflation. The union had been campaigning for a wage increase of $ 16 prior to the introduction of the Accord, and refused to abandon the claim despite significant pressure from both the federal government and the ACTU. In 1983 FPUA members at
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The FPU was also active in working to protect its members' jobs, threatened by the decline in Australian manufacturing from the 1970s onwards caused by globalisation and competition from cheap imports. This included organising a ban on the import of foreign dried grapes, enforced by waterfront
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In 1992 the union merged with the Confectionery Workers' Union to form the Confectionery Workers & Food Preservers Union of Australia. Two years later in 1994 this union also amalgamated, this time with the Automotive, Metals & Engineering Union, to form the
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agreed to exclude the food preservers, causing their wages to decline relative to other workers, and by September 1984 the union was forced to give an undertaking to the Commission not to pursue wage claims outside the wage indexation principles set by the Accord.
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of Rosella Lipton's parent company, Unilever. Faced with the potential for major disruption Unilever agreed to much of the worker's demands, and the dispute was resolved by January 1985.
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factory in Melbourne went on strike, demanding the re-employment of a number of sacked workers and a five percent pay increase. In response, the employers' association, the
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factory near Melbourne went on strike - in response, the federal government sought to exclude them from National Wage Increases mandated under the Accord. The
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unions, as well as successfully lobbying the South Australian government to provide redevelopment funding to support a local fruit cannery in the
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Smith, Bruce A. created 20 April 2001, last modified 6 August 2010. Trade Union Entry: Food Preservers Union of Australia (1929 - 1992). "
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Reworking Work: Proceedings of the 19th Conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand
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The union played a prominent role in promoting the interests of female workers, and the first woman elected to the
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Around 1898 a union of jam, sauce and pickle workers formed, but only registered in 1911 as the
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In the latter part of the 20th century the union, and particularly its Victorian branch led by
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and several railway unions offered support to the FPU, including organising a
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Jam Sauce Pickle & Food Preserving Employees' Union of Australia
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In November of the same year, however, 160 FPU members at the
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Trade Unionism in Australia: A History from Flood to Ebb Tide
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Amalgamated Food Preserving Employees' Union of Australia
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executive was Gail Cotton, a FPU organiser, in 1978.
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Percy Clarey
Tom Ryan
Prices and Incomes Accord
Australian Council of Trade Unions
Labor
Heinz
Industrial Relations Commission
Rosella-Lipton
Victorian Chamber of Manufacturers
Electrical Trades Union
Builders Labourers Federation
Transport Workers Union
black ban
Victorian Trades Hall Council
Riverland
Riverland Development Council
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
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