ABC
QUEENSLAND, Australia — A union says administration staff performed prison guard duties during strike action at a southern Queensland jail.
Some employees at the privately-owned Southern Queensland Correctional Centre walked off the job at the weekend over wages and conditions — they are threatening further action. The jail’s owners Serco say some staff not rostered on offered to work during the strike and normal staff levels were maintained.
However, Michael Clifford from the United Voice union says the strike did affect the prison’s operation. “Nearly all the people covered by this enterprise agreement, the cooks and the dogs and custodial officers, we know that nearly all of those people were on strike,” he said.
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