Statement attributable to United Workers Union National Secretary Tim Kennedy regarding the Woolworths warehouse workers strike:
“UWU will participate fully in the good faith bargaining hearing at Fair Work tomorrow. The Union has been bargaining in good faith for months, and we are at the bargaining table with Woolworths again today.
“The best way to get workers back to work and shelves restocked in time for Christmas is for Woolworths to concentrate on reaching agreement at the bargaining table. Anything else is a distraction.
“Woolworths can fix this today if they focus on negotiating a fair outcome that addresses safety concerns with the Framework and provides cost-of-living wage increases.”