BY DAKOTA TAIT
The Maritime Union is accusing GrainCorp of preparing a strike-breaking workforce, as enterprise bargaining ramps up at the Newcastle grain terminal.
The union's seeking a five percent pay rise, each year over the next three years.
It's now claiming the company brought a strike-breaking team to Carrington on Tuesday, in an alleged attempt to intimidate employees.
GrainCorp says it's preparing contingency plans, if industrial action does go ahead, and it's important to keep things moving for the sake of food security.
But the union's criticised the move, arguing the company's enjoying large profits from bumper crops and rises in grain prices driven by the war in Ukraine, and the employees deserve a slice.
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| Image credit: NSW Farmers. |
