The Retail and Fast Food Workers Union estimates up to 1000 Coles and Woolworths staff will take part in strikes this weekend over a pay dispute.
Coles are withholding pay from employees who refuse to clean up vomit, clean out trolleys or collapse boxes as part of protected industrial action, in a hardline counter to supermarket strikes this weekend.
While withholding pay for partial work bans is lawful under the Fair Work Act, employers also have the option of deducting smaller amounts from wages, prompting the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union head, Josh Cullinan, to accuse Coles of overkill. The industrial action is a result of a breakdown in bargaining between Coles and the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union after negotiations began in March. As part of its claim for a new workplace deal at both companies, the union is demanding a $29 hourly base rate for workers and an annual pay increase of up to 5 per cent.
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