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Staff at JBS’ Brooklyn plant down tools over coronavirus concerns – Crookwell Gazette
JBS’ Brooklyn plant again closed over coronavirus concerns.
Victoria’s biggest abattoir, JBS’ Brooklyn, has again shut, after cold store workers at the site walked off the job over coronavirus concerns.
The United Workers Union, which covers the 150 cold storage staff, said the action was in line with the Victorian Occupational Health and Safety Act.
The UWU is one of two unions, representing workers at the site, but the action means the plant has again had to close.
It comes after 71 positive cases connected to the JBS outbreak, and 15 days after the…
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