MP JASON FALINSKI DEFENDS VIEWS ON
STREETS ICE CREAM DISPUTE AFTER TWITTER ROW
STREETS ICE CREAM DISPUTE AFTER TWITTER ROW
Sarah Swain, Manly Daily
November 1, 2017
November 1, 2017
NORTHERN beaches MP Jason Falinski has defended his views on the Streets ice cream dispute, saying the focus should be on keeping the company in Australia.
Falinski tweeted a clip (left) of him eating one of the Sydney firm’s ice creams days after the launch of a union-led boycott of the brand over planned pay cuts.
Falinski tweeted a clip (left) of him eating one of the Sydney firm’s ice creams days after the launch of a union-led boycott of the brand over planned pay cuts.
He said: “Mm ... Great Streets, Bubble O’Bill. What’s wrong with a company that employs Oz, pays tax and makes a profit?”
Owner Unilever announced plans to end an agreement, meaning 140 factory workers in Minto, could get a 46% pay cut.
Paddle Pops are part of the ban.
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Magnum ice creams are made by Streets.
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He was blasted on Twitter, including by the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union, which has a social media campaign #streetsfreesummer.
But the Mackellar MP said he backed the workers and everyone needed to work together to ensure the company stays in Australia.
But the Mackellar MP said he backed the workers and everyone needed to work together to ensure the company stays in Australia.
“This is a really serious issue- which is we have a manufacturing sector in Australia that has been in decline for 20, 30 years and we have here a company that’s trying to make it work and a union movement doing everything it can to make sure it doesn’t, and it moves offshore,” he said.
The company has urged customers to keep buying.
Steve Murphy, Secretary of the AMWU NSW Branc said: “We invite Jason Falinsky to get out of his air-conditioned office to meet these factory workers.”
The company has urged customers to keep buying.
Steve Murphy, Secretary of the AMWU NSW Branc said: “We invite Jason Falinsky to get out of his air-conditioned office to meet these factory workers.”
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You are invited to join this peaceful protest in Sydney’s Northern Beaches. We live in the Northern Beaches.
We are organising this because we say our MP is WRONG, VERY WRONG, to endorse a 46% pay cut for hard working ice cream workers.
Last week Jason Falinski MP used Twitter in a very silly way to endorse this 46% pay cut for hard working Australian workers employed by Streets Ice Cream, at Minto, NSW. (See his own disrespectful and immature pic above.)
Streets are owned by the giant multinational company, Unilever. Unilver / Streets are trying to force this 46% pay cut, using laws that are stacked against working Australians.
Mr Falinski is the MP for Mackellar, located on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Mackellar is considered a safe Liberal Party seat.
Mr Falinski inherited the seat from well known (for many wrong reasons to do with helicopters) Liberal party die hard, Bronwyn Bishop.
We hope that the Street’s workers, who are being so badly treated by the their employer, will see that there are people everywhere who stand in solidarity with them.
We want Mr Falinski to know that his arrogance is not acceptable in his electorate.
He should apologise.
We are organising this because we say our MP is WRONG, VERY WRONG, to endorse a 46% pay cut for hard working ice cream workers.
Last week Jason Falinski MP used Twitter in a very silly way to endorse this 46% pay cut for hard working Australian workers employed by Streets Ice Cream, at Minto, NSW. (See his own disrespectful and immature pic above.)
Streets are owned by the giant multinational company, Unilever. Unilver / Streets are trying to force this 46% pay cut, using laws that are stacked against working Australians.
Mr Falinski is the MP for Mackellar, located on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Mackellar is considered a safe Liberal Party seat.
Mr Falinski inherited the seat from well known (for many wrong reasons to do with helicopters) Liberal party die hard, Bronwyn Bishop.
We hope that the Street’s workers, who are being so badly treated by the their employer, will see that there are people everywhere who stand in solidarity with them.
We want Mr Falinski to know that his arrogance is not acceptable in his electorate.
He should apologise.