Thomas Foods International runs away from Fair Work Commission for second time
Meat workers at Thomas Foods in Tamworth are now going without a promised pay rise yet again, as the company runs away from the Fair Work Commission for the second…
Pay rise delayed again at Thomas Foods as company withdraws application
Thomas Foods Tamworth has pulled the agreement that workers just voted on, and will need to start the whole thing from scratch. The company failed to follow correct procedures and…
Meat Workers Union And Tamworth Mayor Agree On Need To Put Local Kids First
The AMIEU and the Tamworth Regional Council Mayor Col Murray met last week to discuss the New England region’s high youth unemployment figures, with both parties agreeing on the urgent…
Baiada Reaches Out To Unemployed Tamworth Youth Following AMIEU Campaign
Tamworth is in the grip of a youth unemployment crisis, with figures showing that teenagers and young adults in the area are unemployed at a rate double the national average….
Thomas Foods Chooses More Visa Workers Over Training Local Kids
Thomas Foods is secretly planning to move more than a hundred 457 visa workers into its Tamworth operation, desperate to do whatever it takes to avoid employing New England locals….
Tamworth Mayor Punishes Exploited Workers To Cover His Own Tracks
The AMIEU is today calling on Col Murray, the Mayor of Tamworth Regional Council, to step forward and take responsibility for the network of exploitation and intimidation which he has…
A National Disgrace: How Thomas Foods Oversees An Illegal Underground Network Of Bullying, Harassment And Exploitation
The Newcastle & Northern NSW Branch is today releasing the findings of a long-term investigation into the shocking underground black market labour network operating in Tamworth, NSW. The AMIEU believes…
Thomas Foods Brings In More Visa Workers While Youth Unemployment Skyrockets
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull made a shock announcement back in April, declaring that the 457 visa program was dead and buried, and that it was time to put Australian workers…
Thomas Foods Forced to Back Down After Calling Police on Union
Thomas Foods in Murray Bridge, South Australia have been forced into a humiliating backdown after calling the police on the AMIEU, only for the police to tell them the union…