{"id":409274,"date":"2024-07-04T08:42:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T08:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=409274"},"modified":"2024-07-04T09:05:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T09:05:04","slug":"afl-facing-ball-shortage-due-to-sherrin-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=409274","title":{"rendered":"AFL facing ball shortage due to Sherrin strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

The AFL<\/a> is in danger of succumbing to a Sherrin shortage on the eve of finals.<\/p>\n

The 15+ workers who manufacture the AFL's official ball are threatening to go on strike over a pay dispute worth a total of just $45,000.<\/p>\n

9News Melbourne<\/em> can reveal staff at Sherrin's Keysborough factory are angry with a proposed 4 percent per annum pay increase for the next two years.<\/p>\n

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The workers, who are employed by US company Russell Athletic to hand stitch footballs, instead want a 5 percent jump in pay, which would equal 10 percent across the two-year life of the deal.<\/p>\n

The United Workers Union has filed for a protected action ballot order with the Fair Work Commission. Once the ballot is improved, the members plan to engage in a protected industrial action unless a resolution is reached beforehand.<\/p>\n

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Every week the workers make between 200-250 Sherrins for AFL and AFLW games, and they believe even a few days off could lead to a shortage in footballs.<\/p>\n

It's understood they have a backlog for roughly six weeks of brand new, Kangaroo Brand Sherrins. A strike also has the potential to impact the production of sportable balls with state of the art chips, which are set to be trialled in the AFLW season.<\/p>\n

When contacted on Thursday afternoon, Steve Howie from the United Workers Union said "Gil McLachlan's salary last year was $33,653 per week without bonuses, so a pay rise for Sherrin workers would be equivalent to one week and two days salary of the AFL CEO."<\/p>\n

Sherrin has long been an official partner of the AFL. The league declined to comment on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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