More than 1,500 warehouse staff have walked off the job seeking better pay and conditions, including at least $38 an hour
Industrial action has affected distribution centres supplying stock to Dan Murphy’s liquor stores as Woolworths workers strike for better pay and safety on the job.Industrial action has affected distribution centres supplying stock to Dan Murphy’s liquor stores as Woolworths workers strike for better pay and safety on the job.
for store workers, where base rates are just over $26 an hour, although it recently brokered an enterprise agreement with the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association .since the start of the warehouse industrial action that has disrupted the flow of goods into some of its stores. The distribution centre is the most significant of the five affected centres, and is the subject of Friday’s Fair Work hearing.
A spokesperson said the most effective way to get workers back to work and shelves restocked is for Woolworths to reach an agreement.
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