'Union sold us out' say angry 労働者s
Josephine Hodgson had waited 11 years for her chance to speak about how she lost her 職業 as a mushroom picker to be 取って代わるd by 労働者s from a 労働 雇う company.
"The union sold us out," the 67-year-old said outside the 貿易（する） union 王室の （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 in Sydney.
"We knew that. We've always known that but we didn't think there was anything we could do about it."
Ms Hodgson and three former workmates 証言するd at the （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 on Wednesday about their experience working for one of the country's biggest mushroom 生産者s, Chiquita Mushrooms, and 存在 代表するd by the Australian 労働者s' Union.
The （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 has heard 以前 that the AWU received 支払い（額）s of $4000 a month from Chiquita for six months, at the same time as 交渉s over a new 企業 取引ing 協定.
Barristers for the （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 結論するd that the AWU 供給するd no services for the 支払い（額）s.
The four women who 証言するd on Wednesday had worked at Chiquita for up to 16 years before 直面するing redundancy in 2004.
傷害s to necks, shoulders, wrists and 手渡すs were ありふれた in the 肉体的に 需要・要求するing 職業 and Chiquita was 直面するd with a 抱擁する 保険 賞与金 for its 労働者s' 補償（金） 賞与金.
The （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 has heard that one feature of Chiquita's 会談 on a new EBA was 増加するing use of 労働 雇う 労働者s to 減ずる its 補償（金） 賞与金s.
労働者s at the mushroom farms did not know Chiquita ha d begun making the 支払い（額）s of $4,000 a month to the AWU, labelled "paid education leave", the 法廷，裁判所 has heard.
In 2004, 労働者s at the mushroom farm were shown a new EBA that made 相当な changes - 増加するing the use of 労働 雇う positions and 転換ing their 支払う／賃金 to an hourly 率 that would leave them 収入 いっそう少なく than the 支払う／賃金-by-負わせる 計画／陰謀 used 以前.
The 法廷，裁判所 also heard the company 手配中の，お尋ね者 to make staff redundant and the AWU organiser for Chiquita, Frank Leo, was supportive of the company's position.
Sharon Dellevergini, now 52, worked for 13 years at Chiquita.
She told the （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 on Wednesday that at one 会合 at the farm, Mr Leo told her that "this is what the company needed to do".
"I thought it was やめる 違法な to make us redundant when they were just going to put someone in that position but he seemed to think that this is what they had to do," Ms Dellevergini said.
In a written 声明 to the （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限, Ms Dellevergini said she had not heard of the $4000 月毎の 支払い（額）s to the AWU until she read about them in a newspaper this year.
"I was dumbfounded but it made sense to me considering the 欠如（する） of support we received from the AWU during the redundancy 過程," she said.
Ms Hodgson, Ms Dellevergini and their former workmates Marjorie Hodgson and Marion Rogers all joined the AWU when they started work at Chiquita.
Josephine Hodgson 証言するd that when she was made redundant in 2004, she phoned Mr Leo telling him she did not want to be put off and he told her there was nothing he could do.
On Wednesday, Ms Hodgson said she felt disappointed.< /p>
"You 支払う／賃金 your money and you get cheated," she said.
連邦の 対立 leader 法案 縮める was Victorian and 国家の 長，率いる of the AWU in 2004.
Mr 縮める was asked, when he appeared before the （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 in July, whether he told 労働者s about the $4,000 paid education leave 支払い（額）s.
He replied: "I'm sure Frank would have done that."
