Exploited chicken processing workers owed thousands

By Anna Patty
Updated August 20 2014 - 12:18am, first published 12:00am
Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union representative Grant Courtney. Photo: Max Mason Hubers
Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union representative Grant Courtney. Photo: Max Mason Hubers

Underpaid chicken processing workers are owed $434,000 after allegedly being short-changed by a labour hire firm that paid them as little as $11.50 per hour and forced them to live in overcrowded housing.

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