[Link] Exploitation complaints almost nil: Coles

Read: 2/12/2021 7news.com.au

Supermarket giant Coles says the rate of work exploitation complaints in its supply chain has dropped to almost zero over the past year.

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[Link] Cracks in food system driven by year-round hunger for fresh produce begin to show

Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

As you consider your Christmas table – a bowl of cherries, a plump roasted bird and the cream on your pudding, you may spare a thought for the way the food gets to your table. Because three things this week signal cracks in our food production systems.

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[Link] Massage parlour operators who threatened to kill families of underpaid staff breached workplace laws, court finds

Read: 20/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

The Federal Court has found the former operators of a Canberra massage business breached workplace laws by underpaying their staff and threatening to have their families in the Philippines killed if they complained.

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