WiththefamousMelbourneCuphorseracecomingup,unionmemberspresenta"FashionintheField"paradeoutsidetheFederalCourtofAustraliaastheTextileClothingandFootwearUnionofAustralia(TCFUA)takeslegalactionagainstleadingfashionlabelsoverallegedbreaches(違反)oflawsdesignedtopreventtheexploitation(剝削)ofoutworkers,inMelbourne,Thursday.Theunionisprosecutinganother11companiesalongwiththe167alreadyprosecuted(起控),inanattempt(試圖)toprotectsomeofthe300,000outworkersworkingintheindustryandwhoarebeingpaidaslittleasthreedollarsperhour.
AFP
著名的墨爾本盃賽馬日舉行在即,澳洲紡織及鞋履工會(TCFUA)成員周四在墨爾本澳洲聯邦法院外舉行名為「行內潮流」的巡遊,抗議多個大型時裝品牌違例,剝削外勤員工。工會控告過167家公司,現正控告另外11家,藉以保障業內30萬名外勤工人的利益,部份人的時薪只有3美元(23港元)。
法新社