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Supermarket giant Woolworths says strike action is hitting its bottom line to the tune of $50 million, asking the Fair Work Commission for a circuit-breaker to ban warehouse workers from blocking its distribution centres. United Workers Union members have closed off all entrances to a distribution centre in suburban Melbourne and three other sites over better conditions and pay, leaving some supermarket shelves bare.
Woolworths makes big move to end worker stand-off. Woolworths apologised to customers for the supply disruptions, which it said had cost $50 million in lost food sales as of December 2, in a trading update. Woolworths said the union was seeking pay increases of more than 25 per cent over three years, at a time when the company was actively working to keep food and groceries affordable for customers.
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