Work­ers at Pfiz­er Aus­tralian man­u­fac­tur­ing site the lat­est to walk out in la­bor dis­pute protests

Phar­ma com­pa­nies have been no stranger to la­bor dis­putes re­cent­ly and the lat­est one is hit­ting a Pfiz­er man­u­fac­tur­ing site in the land down un­der.

Ac­cord­ing to the Unit­ed Work­ers Union (UWU), em­ploy­ees at Pfiz­er’s phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal man­u­fac­tur­ing plant in the Perth sub­urb of Bent­ley have walked off for 24 hours in protest of what the union sees as a sub­stan­dard pay of­fer for work­ers.

Union mem­bers said Pfiz­er re­fused to con­sid­er a wage in­crease in line with the cost of liv­ing. Pfiz­er has re­port­ed­ly of­fered a 12% in­crease in wages over three years, while union mem­bers are pur­su­ing 18%.

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