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05/02/24
Proposed Tax Cut Changes
You have a workplace right and your employer has a legal responsibility to ensure you are receiving all your minimum legal entitlements; that includes paid rest breaks.
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Newcastle, Central Coast & Hunter Valley
01/02/24
Delegate of the Month – January 2024
Meet our SDA Newcastle & Northern Delegate of the Month January 2024.
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Newcastle, Central Coast & Hunter Valley
25/01/24
Proposed tax cuts – all SDA members benefit
1.2 million retail, warehousing and fast food workers better off under responsible tax cut proposal
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National
27/11/23
MEDIA RELEASE | SDA joins KFC Class Action
The SDA has today announced that it has instructed the class action law firm, Gordon Legal, to act its behalf in a wage theft Class Action against KFC.
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National
30/06/23
New Penalties for Abusive Customers
New Penalties for Abusive Customers - Law has now passed both houses of Parliament for tougher penalties for those who assault retail workers.
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Newcastle, Central Coast & Hunter Valley
21/06/23
NEW REFORMS – Customer Abuse & Violence
NEW REFORMS - Customer Abuse & Violence laws introduced to protect retail workers.
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Newcastle, Central Coast & Hunter Valley
04/05/23
MEDIA RELEASE | McDonald’s franchisee pays $275,000 for fines and costs for unlawful union busting
The McDonald’s franchisee who ran McDonald’s Murray Bridge has paid $275,000 for fines and legal costs, and admitted appalling breaches of workers’ rights, to settle a Federal Court case brought by the SDA.
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National
23/03/23
Warehouse Win: Up to $10 million in backpay for ALDI DC workers
The SDA has won a Federal Court case against ALDI for underpayments of members working in ALDI Distribution Centres across Australia. ALDI DC workers stand to share in around $10 million in underpayments being returned to them.
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National
22/03/23
ARA and SDA urge government to get tough on aggressive behaviour
Australia’s peak retail body, the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) and the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) are urging state and territory governments across the country to implement tougher penalties for people who assault retail workers.
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National
09/03/23
SDA welcomes Labor announcement on protections for retail and shop workers
Labor has committed to introduce tougher penalties for customers who abuse or physically assault shop workers if elected to form government this month.
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Newcastle, Central Coast & Hunter Valley