Woolworths Says Strike by 1,500 Workers Won’t Disrupt Christmas

Around 1,500 distribution centre workers have walked off the job indefinitely, seeking a single agreement covering all the supermarket’s workers in Australia.

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The shelves and freezers in Woolworths’ supermarkets across Australia will be bare in the lead-up to Christmas, the United Workers Union warns, while supermarket bosses say it will be business as normal.

Up to 1,500 workers at three distribution centres in Victoria and another in New South Wales (NSW) continue their strike, which began on Nov. 21.