Date Time Fair Work Commission Concludes AWU Farm Workers Case The Fair Work Commission has concluded hearing evidence in the Horticulture Award variation case brought by the AWU. The case is an attempt by the AWU to end widespread worker exploitation and wage theft in the fruit and vegetable picking industry through the abuse of piece-rate payments. The FWC has now heard from an array of witnesses who have highlighted the need for a minimum-wage safety net to end the current piece-rates system, which is open to abuse and has often seen workers do backbreaking work only to be paid as low as a few dollars an hour.