NFF set to defend against AWU challenge to piece rate payment method

Ashley Walmsley
Updated February 18 2021 - 1:06pm, first published February 17 2021 - 1:00pm
PIECES: The AWU is challenging the piece rate payment method for farm workers, but the NFF is gearing up to defend the practice. Photo: Shutterstock
PIECES: The AWU is challenging the piece rate payment method for farm workers, but the NFF is gearing up to defend the practice. Photo: Shutterstock

FARMERS willing to "take the stand" in defence of the piece rate payment method are being sought out in order to defend a challenge from the Australian Workers' Union.

Ashley Walmsley

Ashley Walmsley

Editor, Good Fruit & Vegetables

Ashley Walmsley is the editor of ACM's only national, fresh produce magazine, Good Fruit & Vegetables, while also covering horticulture stories for the agricultural papers and websites. He also writes the weekly, The Ringer, column in the Qld Country Life.

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