The Parmelia Hilton in Perth prides itself on the ability to offer guests ultimate pleasure and comfort with rooms decorated in cool, calm tones. Too bad their staff isn’t treated to the same luxuries. The First Star has been told that the Parmelia seems to be engaged in dangerous cost cutting measures which includes lights in the back of the hotel where staff work. For these workers, trying to navigate around is like feeling your way through a dungeon.
Workers feel that Management have created an anti-union environment. Workers told The First Star that management have told them they don’t wish to negotiate with unions. When union members leave out notices for workers on the canteen table, management removes them immediately.
Management also rushed through a WorkChoices contract for their workers before the new IR laws took effect. After frantic briefings, staff were balloted in the dying days of the financial year. After management’s successful ballot, they have said to their workers they are stuck with the outcome. Insiders have told us that management have gone as far as telling their staff that that even if better working conditions materialise over the next 4 years, they will not consider offering it to their workers.
