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20/09/24
Union Win! SDA wins tough new laws for retail assault.
The new laws will mean that assaulting a retail or fast food worker will have tougher new consequences - with a doubling of fines and much higher maximum imprisonment sentences.
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Western Australia
07/08/24
MEDIA RELEASE | Retail Employee Safety Council
Representatives from the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) and the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) met in Melbourne today to reaffirm their shared commitment to protecting retail workers against assaults and harassment in the workplace.
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National
07/06/24
MEDIA RELEASE | Sexual harassment rife in retail work
Sexual harassment is pervasive and persistent in retail work, with young women most at risk, as revealed in a new report by researchers from the Australian Centre for Gender Equality and Inclusion @ Work published by Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS).
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National
06/06/24
MEDIA RELEASE | Adult Age, Adult Wage
Today the SDA, the union for workers in retail and fast food, will launch a groundbreaking case in the Fair Work Commission to abolish junior rates for workers aged 18 years and older.
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National
16/05/24
MEDIA RELEASE | ALDI workers vote to reject ALDI’s dud pay deal in landmark vote
In a landmark move, ALDI workers across South Australia have rejected ALDI’s latest Enterprise Agreement. This was the result of a strong campaign by the SDA Union – South Australia’s largest union – calling on workers to reject the proposed offer.
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National
07/03/24
MEDIA RELEASE | Super on paid parental leave – another step to gender equality
The SDA welcomes the Albanese government’s announcement that it will pay superannuation on government funded paid parental leave from July 1st 2025. As a union representing a large number of women, many of them lower paid, the SDA has been fighting for this initiative for several years.
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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
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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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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