The 50 Million Reasons Woolies Wants Blockade to End

The 50 Million Reasons Woolies Wants Blockade to End
People queuing at Woolworths in Adelaide, Australia, on Nov. 18, 2020. Kelly Barnes/Getty Images
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Supermarket giant Woolworths says it has taken a $50 million hit because of a strike, as it pleads with the Fair Work Commission to ban employees blocking its distribution centres

A picket line by United Workers Union (UWU) members entered its 13th day outside a distribution centre in suburban Melbourne and three other sites, leaving many shelves bare as workers seek better conditions and pay.

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