PRODUCE TRADE – AUSTRALIA

Spitting chips: workers accuse potato giant of ‘wage theft’

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Original article by Anna Patty
The Age – Page: 4 : 6-Jul-17

The National Union of Workers has warned that extending the industrial award for farm workers to people who work in packing and storage sheds could result in wage cuts of up to eight per cent. Potato grower Mitolo Group has applied to the Fair Work Commission to have the scope of the Horticulture Award broadened to include non-farm gate workers, but the NUW argues that such staff should be covered by the Storage Services Award.

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MITOLO GROUP PTY LTD, NATIONAL UNION OF WORKERS, AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION, THE AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY GROUP

Costa hopeful IPO will be a success

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Original article by Jared Lynch
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 17 : 8-Jul-15

Costa Group Holdings has commenced an international investor roadshow ahead of its Australian IPO, which is expected to be worth around $A1bn. Chairman Frank Costa says the fruit and vegetable group is performing well, and he hopes investors will assess the IPO on its own merits rather than being influenced by factors such as the impact of the debt crisis in Greece on global financial markets.

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COSTA GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX CGC, MURRAY GOULBURN CO-OPERATIVE COMPANY LIMITED, MG UNIT TRUST – ASX MGC, PAINE AND PARTNERS LLC, UBS HOLDINGS PTY LTD, GOLDMAN SACHS AND PARTNERS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD