Cheese factory workers just want to do their jobs

The Dairy Workers Union says that locked out workers at a Waikato cheese factory just want to return to work and have their jobs covered by a collective agreement, and are disappointed by the company’s latest sideshow – a restructuring proposal released late on Friday night.

36 workers at Open Country Cheese’s Waharoa factory are entering their third week of being locked out, despite both an Employment Court saying it is illegal, and mediation between the parties set down for this Thursday.