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Lift-Off for Wharfies to Strike as Pay Row Hopes Sink

Lift-Off for Wharfies to Strike as Pay Row Hopes Sink
A worker moves containers at the compound of ports operator DP World at Port Botany in Sydney, Australia, on Nov. 13, 2023. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images
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1/12/2024|Updated: 1/12/2024
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Disgruntled dock workers have been given the green light to walk off the job, in a protest that could shake up some of Australia’s busiest ports.

The Fair Work Commission has ruled DP World’s employees can stop work at the stevedore’s Sydney, Brisbane and Fremantle terminals with a partial stoppage approved in Melbourne, after the wharfies held work bans at these locations on Jan. 12.

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