The union representing Streets ice-cream factory workers will urge the public to boycott its products including Paddle Pop, Golden Gaytime and Magnum over the summer if the company terminates their agreement on pay and conditions.
Back-pay delay shrinks from next year to next month in wake of campaign against well-known cook.
Former staff at George Calombaris' restaurant empire will be forced to wait almost another year to receive backpay for missing wages and entitlements after his company Made Establishment failed to resolve a disastrous payroll bungle.
They say your friends can make you fat, but your colleagues could be the real culprits.
Popular Melbourne restaurant Dainty Sichuan allegedly paid employees $10 an hour while they worked 10 hour-plus shifts, seven days a week.
George Sykiotis told staff he was leaving Made Establishment to spend more time with his family, but hospitality sources claim his relationship with financial backer Radek Sali had become strained.
Celebrity chef Adrian Richardson has failed to pay staff their correct entitlements.
Ex-staff employed at George Calombaris' restaurants claim penalty rate payments were 'routinely ignored'.
The underpayment of $2.6 million in wages by celebrity chef George Calombaris has caused major ructions with his new business partner, Radek Sali, who could be forced to bail out the embattled hospitality empire.
Nearly 200 staff at George Calombaris' restaurants have been underpaid $2.6 million collectively, with the celebrity chef blaming "historically poor processes" for the bungle.