Workers at supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths are staging their first national strike, as they prepare to walk off the job this weekend. Hundreds of staff will stop work at stores across the country on Saturday as part of union action demanding better work conditions and higher pay.
Supermarket workers set to walk off the job on Saturday. Retail and Fast Food Workers Union federal secretary Josh Cullinan says members also want more safety at work, with supermarket staff copping daily abuse and harassment from customers. Coles and Woolworths say they expect there to be minimal impact for customers, while the union says the action will “cause disruption at some stores”. Here’s what it means for your weekend shop.
members. What stores will be affected? It is not clear which Coles and Woolworths supermarkets will be impacted by the strike. Why are supermarket staff striking? members are calling for better safety in the workplace, as well as a liveable wage and secure jobs. In July, the supermarkets both passed on a 5.75 per cent wage increase to staff in line with the Fair Work Commission’s decision to increase the national minimum wage. However, the union says this is not good enough as workers navigate high cost of living expenses. “They want an end to poverty rates and they want living wages,” Cullinan told 7NEWS.
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