Council outdoor workers strike for better conditions, pay
Premium Content Subscriber only Mackay outdoor council employees fed up with being outvoted in the workplace have held a strike to demand better pay and conditions. Plumbing Union North Queensland organiser Jim White said about three-quarters of Mackay Regional Council’s outdoor workforce took part in the protest outside the Jubilee Centre in Alfred Street on Wednesday morning. Just days out from Labour Day, there were about 150 workers in their high-vis shirts at the strike including Plumbing and Pipes Trade Union, Australian Workers Union and CFMEU members. Plumbing and Pipe Trades Em...