Workers at Chemist Warehouse have voted to endorse strike action as part of a bid to win a huge pay rise and greater job security.
But the NUW has run a number of successful and aggressive industrial campaigns in recent years, including a 2016 strike at Coles supplier Polar Fresh. That led to shortages of chilled food on supermarket shelves and large pay-rises for workers. Workers at its Preston and Somerton warehouses say the big issue is job security with the vast majority of workers on site employed as casuals and labour hire. The union wants at least 70 per cent of workers to be permanent, rather than the current level of about 25 per cent.A worker at the Preston warehouse, and union delegate, Husain Alqatari, described a culture of intense competition to stay in work.
Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)
Solidarity
Just another example of people getting very rich by exploiting others
Not a huge pay boost, a FAIR pay boost. They’ve screwed over their staff and competitors for too long.
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