Dairy strike: Fonterra offers pay deal to United Workers Union

Dairy farmers are breathing a sigh of relief after the United Workers Union struck a deal with Fonterra.

Union leaders have declared a statewide dairy factory strike over, with a number of in-principle deals from processors on the table.

The United Workers Union hailed the deals with Fonterra, Peters and Saputo as a “cost-of-living pay increase,” with Lactalis also in the final stages of inking a tentative deal.

More than 1400 workers at 13 factory sites went on strike for 48 hours last week, the largest industrial action in the dairy sector since 1985.

Alex Sinnott, The Weekly Times, 27 October 2023.

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