BDCG Bargaining Authority, Arbitration and CSAs.

 Members are advised BDCG solicitors will be provided with a copy of growers BDCG Bargaining Authority Forms this afternoon. The procedural processes of the arbitration are about to commence but it will be some weeks until hearings occur.

 From this point forward, information regarding the arbitration and negotiation with Wilmar can only be provided to those growers who have submitted signed Bargaining Authorities

 A reminder to all who have signed these Authorities – if you change your position and subsequently sign Wilmar CSA and Forward Pricing Agreements, you must advise us immediately and withdraw the Bargaining Authority.

at least some of their future crops now and the only pathway available for them is with Wilmar.

KCGO determined some time ago to respect those members and their decisions and to continue to support any levy paying member with our full range of services.

If you not already done so, we would be pleased if you could return the BDCG Bargaining Authority Form by close of business tomorrow, Friday 30^th September.

(Please Print, sign and return to the KCGO office by Friday, 30th September).
Thank you.

David Rutledge (Executive Manager / Company Secretary)

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APPOINTMENT OF BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVE

BURDEKIN DISTRICT CANE GROWERS LIMITED
AND
KALAMIA CANE GROWERS ORGANISATION LIMITED

Grower details:

Trading name: _____________________________________

ABN: _____________________________________

Farm number/s: _____________________________________

Appointment of Bargaining Representative:

Pursuant to section 33(3) of the Sugar Industry Act 1999 (as amended) Burdekin District Cane Growers Limited (ACN 168 732 269) and KALAMIA CANE GROWERS ORGANISATION LIMITED (ACN 092 708 337) are appointed as the bargaining representative for the Grower (named above).

Date of Commencement of Appointment: Immediately for the 2017 season onwards

Grower/s signature: _____________________________________

Dated: _____________________________________

** Persons signing on behalf of the Grower warrant to Burdekin District Cane Growers Ltd and Kalamia Cane Growers Organisation Limited that they have the authority to act on behalf of the Grower.

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Dear Kalamia Members,
A reminder that the below form is required to be returned to the Kalamia office by Friday, 30th September.

APPOINTMENT OF BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVE

BURDEKIN DISTRICT CANE GROWERS LIMITED
AND
KALAMIA CANE GROWERS ORGANISATION LIMITED

Grower details:

Trading name: _____________________________________

ABN: _____________________________________

Farm number/s: _____________________________________

Appointment of Bargaining Representative:

Pursuant to section 33(3) of the Sugar Industry Act 1999 (as amended) Burdekin District Cane Growers Limited (ACN 168 732 269) and KALAMIA CANE GROWERS ORGANISATION LIMITED (ACN 092 708 337) are appointed as the bargaining representative for the Grower (named above).

Date of Commencement of Appointment: Immediately for the 2017 season onwards

Grower/s signature: _____________________________________

Dated: _____________________________________

** Persons signing on behalf of the Grower warrant to Burdekin District Cane Growers Ltd and Kalamia Cane Growers Organisation Limited that they have the authority to act on behalf of the Grower.

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CSA Update

 Dear members,

 As you are aware from emails from John Pratt and Greg Beashel, resolution of an On Sale Agreement (OSA) between them has stalled.

 KCGO through BDCG is continuing in its efforts to seek agreement with Wilmar on a Cane Supply Agreement (CSA). You have seen the letter from our solicitor advising that BDCGs version of agreements does satisfy the requirements of the Real Choice in Marketing amendments to the Act and this rebuts Wilmar’s assertion that they did not.

 However the advice does not conclude the Wilmar documents do not satisfy those requirements, so we do not have straightforward path to achieve our preferred outcome.

 Whilst BDCG’s version of agreements provides cover for QSL in so far as setting the key terms QSL says it needs in an OSA in order to be able to offer GEI Marketing Services, Wilmar’s version specifically isolates the OSA from the CSA.

 We are hoping to meet with Wilmar a few days after BDCG has presented its edited version of the Wilmar agreements back to them. That will hopefully occur as soon as we clarify a couple of matters with our solicitor.

 So that leaves BDCG with 2 paths to go down, one of negotiating with a possible follow on of arbitration and legal actions, and the other to take protective action against any political push to repeal the Real Choice in Marketing legislation by conducting a media and public relations campaign to bolster support for BDCG’s position and the legislation amongst politicians.

 KCGO has already invested significant sums with BDCG to get to where we are with our legal understanding and agreements, and will do so again to enable both the negotiation and the media and PR to progress to the next stage, but the Directors advise that if the next negotiation with Wilmar is not successful and the only path forward requires further KCGO to support BDCG further then a general levy will have to be struck to fund the legal and media costs in the manner Invicta (ICGO) has already done with its members. read more