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Striking Woolworths workers return to work after 10 per cent pay rise offer – Sydney Morning Herald
Workers at a key Woolworths distribution centre had been on strike and locked out for almost a fortnight as they bargained for better pay.
The Wyong warehouse is one of three in NSW and provides fresh produce and packaged groceries to about 75 Woolworths stores from the north of Sydney through the central coast. When the workers left the company had to turn to supply centres as far away as the Victorian border.
No deal has been formalised but the company’s offer totals a 10.8 percentage point wage rise over the life of the agreement, with a pathway for some staff to convert to higher paying roles and for labour hire workers to get…
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