Report reveals plight of underpaid workers

Worker in an apple orchard

Worker in an apple orchard. Source: SBS

Two-thirds of farmworkers are earning below the minimum wage, according to a report by the National Union of Workers. The union is calling on the major supermarket chains to take more responsibility for exploited workers.


A new report from the National Union of Workers shows conditions for labour workers in Australia's Horticultural industry remain dire.

The union's survey reveals two-thirds of farmworkers are earning below the minimum wage, with the average salary below $15 an hour.

Poor conditions, treatment and underpayment are all too familiar to former vegetable picker Natasya.

Working at a farm in Northern Victoria, she says she was made to work long days and paid close to 10 dollars below the casual minimum wage.

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