New Zealand workers reject ‘race to the bottom’

Last week, members of the Service & Food Workers Union (SFWU) employed at PepsiCo's Bluebird Foods plant in Auckland, voted against a company proposal to reduce overtime pay rates. Such a reduction would have undermined the wages and conditions of workers of a similar PepsiCo factory in Australia. This is a great example of workers not buying into the ‘race to the bottom’ and instead supporting the right of better wages and conditions for workers employed in workplaces in other countries.

Last week, members of the Service & Food Workers Union (SFWU) employed at PepsiCo's Bluebird Foods plant in Auckland, voted against a company proposal to reduce overtime pay rates. Such a reduction would have undermined the wages and conditions of workers of a similar PepsiCo factory in Australia. This is a great example of workers not buying into the ‘race to the bottom’ and instead supporting the right of better wages and conditions for workers employed in workplaces in other countries.