Melbourne wharfies refuse to load Pacific Brands box
WATERSIDE workers at Melbourne’s West Swanson Dock were this week refusing to load a container of Pacific Brands plant equipment bound for China as part of a protest at the company’s sacking of almost 2000 of its Australian employees.
“We, the employees of DP World Melbourne, are sickened by the actions of Pacific Brands in axing 1850 Australian jobs,” the stevedores said in a statement released by the Maritime Union of Australia.
“We refuse to assist Pacific Brands...
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