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Fed up grain handlers threaten industrial action

Hundreds of GrainCorp's workers may soon go on strike, after applying to vote on industrial action.

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Hundreds of GrainCorp's grain handlers are planning to vote on industrial action over pay disputes. Credit: Edward Haylan, Shutterstock.

Hundreds of GrainCorp's grain handlers are planning to vote on industrial action over pay disputes. Credit: Edward Haylan, Shutterstock.

GRAIN handlers across New South Wales may walk off the job this harvest, after negotiations between GrainCorp and 200 of its workers broke down.  An application has been made to the Fair Work Commission...

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