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Woolworths says strike dealt $140 million blow

Woolworths says the total cost of the recently-resolved strike among workers at four distribution centres in Victoria and New South Wales re﻿ached a hefty $140 million.More than 1500 workers went on strike for about 17 days before the United Workers Union reached an agreement with the supermarket giant on Saturday."To date, Australian Food sales have been negatively impacted by approximately $140 million in total (up to December 8) with approxim…

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By Adwitiya Srivastava (Reuters) -Australia’s top grocer Woolworths said on Monday it has reached an agreement with industrial union workers to increase wages, resolving the strike action that had been affecting store service levels at Woolworths supermarkets across Australia. Hundreds of workers joined forces last month to go on an indefinite strike in retaliation against wages and working conditions at the supermarket giant’s distribution cent…

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Australia's Woolworths hikes worker wages to resolve strike action, shares gain - Blue Water Healthy Living

Hundreds of workers joined forces last month to go on an indefinite strike in retaliation against wages and working conditions at the supermarket giant's distribution centers, but the company failed to reach an agreement with the union over wage hikes. Woolworths said on Monday that its individual enterprise agreement offers, endorsed by the United Workers Union on Dec. 7, guarantee team members a wage increase of about 11% over three years and …

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Woolworths is counting the cost of a 17-day strike by its factory workers, calculating the industrial action cost it a nine-figure sum in lost sales. Distribution centre employees stopped work citing issues with their pay and safety concerns about an algorithmic performance management system. They clinched a deal with the grocery giant on Friday, which the company said included an 11 per cent pay rise over three years. Woolworths said it lost ar…

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Woolies takes $140m strike hit, urgently packs shelves

(Reuters) – Australia’s top grocer Woolworths said on Monday it has reached an agreement with industrial union workers to increase wages, resolving the strike action that had been affecting store service levels at Woolworths supermarkets across Australia. Hundreds of workers joined forces last month to go on an indefinite strike in retaliation against wages and working conditions at the supermarket giant’s distribution centers, but the company f…

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Australia's Woolworths hikes worker wages to resolve strike action

Image: arliftatoz2205/stock.adobe.comWoolworths’ striking distribution centres are set to resume normal operations following the endorsement of a new enterprise agreement offer by the United Workers Union (UWU). The UWU represents 1500 Woolworths employees across Victoria and NSW and said the company had agreed not to punish workers for their speed of work. The endorsement has also received backing from the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employee…

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Woolworths' MSRDC is set to resume operations after the UWU endorsed new enterprise agreement offers from the supermarket chain.The post Australian strike ends as Woolworths workers accept agreement appeared first on Retail Insight Network.

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Australian strike ends as Woolworths workers accept agreement

Woolworths has reopened its four distribution centres after reaching a deal with the striking workers but expects about a $140 million negative impact on food sales due to the picketing, which began last November 21. Woolworths said that the United Workers Union (UWU) has endorsed the new individual enterprise agreements comprised of wage increases of a cumulative 11 per cent over three years. The supermarket chain said that the agreements will …

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Woolworths reaches deal with workers, expects $140 million impact on food sales

All four Woolworths distribution centres impacted by an extended period of industrial action have reopened after the company’s individual enterprise agreement offers were endorsed by the United Workers Union on Saturday, 7 December. The new agreements provide team members with wage increases over three years of approximately 11% in total, with the individual increases varying by site and year. Team member concerns about performance metrics have …

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