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Jacob Shteyman

Parmis in peril as chicken workers strike at Inghams

Lynn Walker (c) says workers feels undervalued by Inghams while its CEO had a nine per cent payrise. (Jacob Shteyman/AAP PHOTOS)

Workers have gone on strike over claims of paltry pay at poultry producer Inghams, raising fears of a shortage of cheap chooks at the checkout.

More than 1000 Australian Workers' Union (AWU) and Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) members stopped work for 24 hours at the company's Bolivar site in South Australia and at Osborne Park in Western Australia on Friday in pursuit of a six per cent annual pay rise over three years.

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