With both sides in a tense standoff, shoppers are already experiencing stock shortages, and it’s unclear when the situation will improve.
Shoppers are facing empty shelves ahead of the busiest shopping period of the year, as strike action across Woolworths’ distribution centres forces nationwide shortages.Nearly two weeks have passed since 1500 Woolworths warehouse workers walked off the job at four distribution centres in Victoria and NSW. The strike is a response to Woolworths’ refusal to improve the terms of their workplace agreement. Workers are demanding a better offer on safety, pay and equity from the supermarket giant.
“Retail workers are not yet exposed to the dangerous, inhumane and unsafe productivity framework, with punishment doled out if warehouse workers fail to meet a 100 per cent performance target every day under the framework. A Woolworths spokesperson said negotiations with the union were continuing in a bid to rectify store shortages. “We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience and would like to thank our customers for their understanding and for treating our teams with respect,” the spokesperson said.In an effort to ease the crisis, Woolworths announced the reopening of its Melbourne South Regional Distribution Centre in Dandenong South on Monday.
Alcohol supply has also been disrupted in Victoria due to strike action at the Woolworths site in Laverton, which delivers to BWS and Dan Murphy’s outlets, and is the direct supplier to one of Australia’s largest pub operators, ALH Group.While workers in NSW are striking at one distribution centre in Erskine Park, the three Victorian sites – Dandenong South, Laverton, and Barnawartha – are bearing the brunt of the industrial action.
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