bolt has updated his blog - and that stone woman should apologies. it seems that sharman stone was telling whoppers
stone claims that dumping etc, has affected the company - well, not really - there has been no increase in relative imports for 5 years - the productivity commission investigated all sorts of things - and sharman stone was telling whoppers about what the productivity was claiming
coles and woolies buy a lot of their tinned stuff from ardmona - but that is at reduced prices - so ardmona sell less of their full priced product - also consumer demand is shifting - more fresh fruit etc etc.
"SPC ARDMONA workers will receive pay rises totalling 5 per cent over 10 months, with wage rises awarded to designated team leaders increasing to 8.5 per cent.
The deal between SPC and the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union saw workers receive an initial 2.5 per cent pay rise in March this year which was backdated two months. The second 2.5 per cent increase will be paid from January 1.
Under the deal, which expires next June, 12 team leaders will receive two additional increases totalling 3.5 per cent…
The annual base salary for a production employee on the highest classification will be $61,308 from next month.