Woolworths
Woolworths reverses decision on celebrating Australia Day
Woolworths said it had listened to community feedback and “recognised” its customers and employees wanted the supermarket chain to celebrate January 26.
- Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Who’s being naughty, not nice? Supermarkets tread carefully this Christmas
The 2024 Christmas advertisements are out, and Australia’s supermarkets are trying to win over hearts and wallets after a torrid year.
- Hannah Hammoud
What it’s like to deliver for Amazon two weeks before Christmas
Brooke is part of a growing army of people who deliver packages for the American giant, which is now estimated to be Australia’s second-biggest online retailer.
- Madeleine Heffernan
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- Industrial relations
Woolworths strikes deal with union to end warehouse industrial dispute
The United Workers Union declared victory and said they had secured a clause stopping workers being disciplined for failing to meet monitored pick rates.
- Lachlan Abbott and Adam Carey
Picket line blocks bus from Woolworths’ warehouse despite Fair Work ruling
A coach with a group of people in hi-vis vests turned away from the supermarket’s Dandenong South distribution centre on Saturday morning after being blocked by protesters.
- Adam Carey, Sarah Danckert and Lachlan Abbott
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- Industrial relations
Striking Woolies workers ordered to stop blocking access to warehouses
Woolworths can get some workers back into its distribution centres after a Fair Work Commission ruling, but it will take time to refill shelves stripped bare during the two-week strike.
- Sarah Danckert
Woolies began monitoring staff like never before. It had a chilling effect on workers
The introduction of a new performance management program has injected a bitter note into a pay dispute at Woolworths warehouses.
- Colin Kruger and Hannah Hammoud
Woolies shortages to continue as industrial dispute drags on
A strike by Woolworths warehouse workers is stripping a growing number of goods from supermarket shelves, prompting customers to shop at rival stores and raising the prospect of legal action by a liquor chain owner.
- Madeleine Heffernan and Cassandra Morgan
Meet our demands and shelves will be restocked with groceries, union tells Woolies
Woolworths abandoned plans to send staff to work in a key distribution centre on Monday, with the supermarket giant and the union still locked in a stand-off.
- Cassandra Morgan and Hannah Hammoud
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