Crown Melbourne casino workers held a general public demonstration friday evening outside the Melbourne Convention Centre in protest of instantly weekend wages paying similar rate as weekday night shifts.

The United Voice Casino Union is negotiating with the casino for higher pay for employees who work 7 pm to 7 am on Friday and Saturday. The union is seeking a $3 AUD ($2.31 USD) per hour surcharge for the graveyard shifts.

In addition, the union is also after having a five percent raise for all workers at all hours. Crown offered a 2.75 percent increase but the proposal was refused.

Crown Melbourne compromises two city blocks and is the casino complex that is largest in the Southern Hemisphere. The resort is Victoria’s largest single employer with roughly 5,500 employees.

United Voice stated of its protest, ‚ the casino has been told by us that we are severe. Now it’s time to show them. Without us. while they think we have been already paid enough, we know they don’t make record profits’

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For now, the union is going for a more civilized approach compared to walking off the task in hit. Some 200 protestors turned out along the promenade on Friday evening.

The team circled the casino chanting for greater wages and signs that are holding their demands.

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