SPC - it's not the workers fault

Well it's just typical of this gov to lay the blame at workers feet for the difficulties currently being felt by SPC. You know the story, they're all overpaid bludger union bosses, or something like that. In fact the misinformation has gotten so strong from the gov that they've put out an online statement saying exactly why they're in trouble, and it's not because of workers. Here's the full statement, or here some main bits: 

Recent claims that SPC Ardmona is a “union shop” or that the cause of its difficulties are because of “over generous” allowances and conditions to staff, are mistaken and need to be refuted by the facts. 

These include: 
- The total cost of allowances for all production staff at SPC Ardmona for the entire year of 2013 was $116,467, which represents less than 0.1% of the business’s cost of goods for the year. 
- SPC Ardmona employees get 20 days annual leave, not nine weeks. SPC Ardmona’s Managing Director Peter Kelly said: “ 

Our employees are aware of the critical and urgent need to transform our business and the majority have responded in practical and financial ways to lift productivity to help secure our long term in future in the Goulburn Valley.

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Mr Kelly said: “We are doing our best to reduce all costs across the business, howev er the serious problems that have beset SPCA have not been because of labour costs and certainly not from the allowances, a fact borne out by the Productivity Commission’s recent analysis. 

“The business has been severely damaged in recent times by a ‘perfect storm’ created by external economic factors - the high Australian dollar, which appreciated more than 50% from 2009 to 2013, has both enabled the flood of cheap imported product to be sold in Australia below the cost of production here, and also decimated the company’s export markets. more

Just saw this one too:

And this, Sharman Stone of the Lieberals rips her own party a new asshole over SPC: