"Caltex, shame shame, Caltex, shame shame..."
Around 150 men, women and children protest in Sydney's Martin Place.
Many of them own the franchise rights for Caltex petrol stations around the city.
And they're angry at parent company, Caltex.
Sanjeev Sharma runs a Caltex station in Parramatta.
"We are running the businesses at loss for the last eight to ten years. We have been suffering pretty badly at the hand of Caltex."
The franchisees say the business model used by Caltex makes it hard to turn a profit - which Caltex denies.
They say money filters up the chain, but not enough flows back down.
Mr Sharma alleges this has led to a degradation in working conditions at store level.
"Six members of the family are working from six in the morning to six in the evening. what more do you want from us? And I've not paid my family. My father is standing, my mother is standing, my sister is standing my wife is standing."
They say Caltex wants them to fork out for costly audits of their businesses that are part of an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
As many as 50 Caltex sites are under the microscope over alleged wage fraud.
These business owners says it's just creating a mountain of red tape.
"Everybody is getting audited, that is what they are claiming and everybody has to pay $10,000. As per the clause in the agreement, they should come down to the sites and do what they want to do."
But Caltex has responded by saying it's just looking out for vulnerable workers.
The petrol giemployant isn't alone in having to deal with underpaid staff.
Some of Australia's biggest companies have been caught up in similar scandals, including 7-Eleven, Pizza Hut, Domino's and Bakers Delight.
In a statement, Caltex said it respects the right of people to protest but said there's no excuse for wage fraud or mistreatment of workers.
It said it will continue to work with the Fair Work Ombudsman to stamp out wage fraud across its network.
The federal government has just introduced legislation to parliament making corporate giants responsible for underpaid labour by their franchisees.
But Dominique Lamb from The National Retail Association says the goverment hasn't thought the legislation through.
"Ultimately this is additional red tape that business simply does not need right at this time and the cost of this has not been considered by the Coalition. It's likely to be pushed on to small business that is already struggling."
The legislation also provides more power to the workplace ombudsman and inreases up penalties for employees caught underpaying workers.
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