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Strike over as Woolworths workers accept new offer from supermarket giant
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-07/woolworths-industrial-action-victoria/104697608

Strikes work.
Industrial action works.
Unions work for the workers.
Woolies is no friend of workers.
The Fair Work Commission is not fair.

The United Workers Union got Woolies management to finally agree not to punish workers for their speed of work, and to give workers a boost in wages.

The "framework" that Woolies was trying to foist on its warehouse workers would have required warehouse staff to achieve a 100% performance and speed.

The union called it "dangerous, inhumane and unsafe". I consider it unrealistic for humans, dangerous for robots, and certain to cause injuries to anyone nearby in a short time. Think about it for a moment you'll see it was absolutely bonkers and whoever proposed it should be sacked for posing such a dire OH&S risk.

This debacle has shown that the Fair Work Commission is not fair and impartial.
Furthermore, Woolies has blown millions of dollars to show everyone they're no friend of workers.

I urge you to continue your boycott of Woolies, and start campaigning to have the Governor General clear-out LNP stooges from the FWC.

#AusPol #BoycottWoolies #Scab #StrikeBreaking #Woolies #Woolworths #Unions #UnitedWorkersUnion #PayYourWorkers #IndustrialAction #WooliesStrike #WooliesOnline #FairWorkCommission

Woolworths wins Fair Work Commission bid against United Workers Union
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-06/woolworths-lawyer-accuses-union-of-metaphorical-gun/104692632

This is grim news for Woolies workers.

And, it sets a bad precedent. Other large retailers with distribution centres around Australia will be looking at this news and thinking they can screw their workers the same way and not face a picket-line outside their warehouses.

It's also worth noting that the Fair Work Commission has been stacked by LNP cronies over the last few years when the LNP were in government and had power over appointments. I'm sure many people at the Fair Work Commission try to be impartial, but it shouldn't come as a surprise when they sometimes make decisions that favour big business. The LNP has a long history of undermining "independent umpires" -- workers at Woolies and the United Workers Union are not on a level playing field.

The good news is that the United Workers Union is likely lodge an appeal, so they're still in with a fight.

My personal boycott of Woolies remains in place -- my partner & I are instead shopping at other supermarkets and local grocers, and we're thinking of making the boycott permanent. I suggest you show solidarity with the workers and boycott Woolies.

#AusPol #BoycottWoolies #Scab #StrikeBreaking #Woolies #Woolworths #Unions #UnitedWorkersUnion #PayYourWorkers #IndustrialAction #WooliesStrike #WooliesOnline #FairWorkCommission

'We're deeply sorry': Woolworths CEO lies to customers about bare shelves as she vows to screw-over workers
(fixed the headline for you)
https://www.9news.com.au/national/woolworths-strike-ceo-amanda-bardwell-doesnt-know-when-shelves-will-be-restocked/ef4bdd69-fe1d-42be-8729-cf82bc69be2b

Woolworths CEO Amanda Bardwell could end the strike any time she wants. She could get the workers back to work and have supermarket shelves restocked quickly. Instead, she's choosing to prolong the industrial action, further emperil negotiations with workers, and inconvenience customers across Victoria, NSW, and the ACT.

#BoycottWoolies #Scab #StrikeBreaking #Woolies #Woolworths #Unions #PayYourWorkers #IndustrialAction #WooliesStrike #WooliesOnline

Woolworths says ongoing strike has already cost it $50 million in lost food sales
https://www.9news.com.au/national/woolworths-strike-grocery-giant-lodges-application-to-stop-union-workers-blocking-access-to-distribution-centres/ca95e872-3808-4e6b-ad1a-f3f7fd135fb1

Suck shit, Woolies — you should have negotiated in good faith with the unions and offered your workers reasonable pay and conditions.

Can you imagine how much better the outcome would have been for everyone if Woolies had put that $50 Million into workers' pay-packets instead of attempting to break the strike with scab labour?

#BoycottWoolies #Scab #StrikeBreaking #Woolies #Woolworths #Unions #PayYourWorkers #IndustrialAction #WooliesStrike #WooliesOnline

Woolworths uses scab labour in distribution centre amid ongoing strike
(fixed the headline for you)
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/01/woolworths-to-reopen-distribution-centre-to-get-essential-items-on-shelves-amid-ongoing-strike

Boycott Woolies!

Woolies has resorted to bringing in scab labour rather than talk to workers who are asking for better pay & conditions, and job security.

#BoycottWoolies #Scab #StrikeBreaking #Woolies #Woolworths #Unions #PayYourWorkers #IndustrialAction #WooliesStrike #WooliesOnline

Woolies has turbofucked its online shopping.

In response to awful management practices, and their refusal to treat the needs of workers seriously, Woolies workers have begun industrial action. Their strike is starting to bite in ways that customers are starting to notice.

In store, there are gaps appearing on the shelves. Online, it's an absolute shambles. About half of our weekly shopping order is listed as out of stock.

As you'd recall from peak pandemic years, a small interruption to logistics can have a large flow-on effect. When goods produced by one brand become unavailable, shoppers look for alternatives. Some shoppers stock-up as a precaution against possible future unavailability. Before you know it, the shelves are bare, and the supply-chain problem spreads to other shops in the region.

Woolies has been making record profits because it's price-gouging customers, but at the same time it's been refusing to give staff a reasonable pay rise, and it's been pushing workers onto casual contracts with fewer hours. Job insecurity is a major factor that's led to the Woolies strike.

And, let's not let Coles off the hook. Coles has been doing the same as Woolies. The only difference is that Coles' workers aren't on strike for better pay and conditions. Yet.

Curiously, there's been little mention of this in the mainstream media. Here's something that the ABC published a week ago:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-21/woolworths-warehouse-workers-strike-action-supply-chain/104628380

If you want to show solidarity with the workers at Woolies (or just want to spare yourself disappointment from seeing stuff out of stock), don't order online at Woolies, and don't go into a Woolies supermarket. Shop elsewhere. Shop at local, independent grocers.

#Woolies #Woolworths #Coles #PriceGouging #Unions #PayYourWorkers #IndustrialAction #WooliesStrike #WooliesOnline