Zoo poo labor dispute

Posted 11.20.2002 by Dave
Thanks to Big Sphincter for sending this in.


An industrial stink is brewing over the refusal by bosses at Taronga Zoo to pay workers to pick up animal poo.

The Australian Workers Union is taking the fight to the NSW Industrial Relations Commission to win back a $4.60 a week allowance for zoo maintenance employees for shovelling and disposing of excrement.

Union State secretary Russ Collison accused zoo management of cancelling the special allowance in July as a tactic during heated negotiations for a new enterprise agreement which included a 3 per cent pay increase.

"It was a childish approach to a serious issue," he said. "Now the allowance matter is holding up the introduction of the whole agreement, including the pay rise. The whole thing has got a stench to it."

In September, staff refused to collect the animal droppings from cages and exhibits for a weekend as part of a campaign to have the allowance reinstated. But management has remained steadfast.

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The Shit Volcano (3740) -- 10.18.2006

So, let me get this straight. You guys left animals living in their own piss and shit because you were mad at MANAGEMENT? That makes me sick!

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healthy 1 (1427) -- 11.18.2006

That is just plain rotten! Managemet isn't being hurt, the poor animals are the ones that are suffering.

How would you guys like to live in your own filth?
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DungDaddy (1386) -- 11.20.2006

I hope the zoo workers were all fired so that some responsible people could be hired in their place.

runninggrrl2 (170) -- 11.20.2006

Refusing to pick up poo isn't a good way to prove a point because what could have happened is: poo builds up in cages, animals get poo in their mouths when eating, animals get sick, animals die because they are exotic and don't have the right immunities to the diseases they're getting...zoo is out millions of dollars in having to pay for new specimens and lost admissions during the poo strike. Geez, pay the zookeepers already! $4.60 is a small price to pay for a clean zoo.

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