CANEGROWERS is calling on Wilmar Sugar and unions representing mill workers to prove they are serious about resolving their long-running pay dispute by getting out of the way and letting the independent umpire decide a fair and reasonable outcome.

After many months of fruitless and increasingly bitter negotiations, it’s time for both parties to step aside and let the Fair Work Commission decide.

It’s impacting the harvest, it’s impacting growers and contractors, it’s impacting families, it’s impacting the industry, and it’s impacting communities.

The current rolling stoppages at Wilmar mills, which crush about fifty percent of Queensland’s sugarcane, have already cost growers and contractors dearly, not just financially but also in terms of the stress and anxiety they’re experiencing.

The industry needs this year's crop crushed for the benefit of all Queenslanders. Do a deal or let the Fair Work Commission do their job.

THE INDUSTRY NEEDS A RESOLUTION NOW!