{"id":65629,"date":"2024-06-29T10:22:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T00:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/?p=65629"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:45:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T00:45:05","slug":"report-disciplinary-power-in-australian-grocery-warehouses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/research\/report-disciplinary-power-in-australian-grocery-warehouses\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: DISCIPLINARY POWER IN AUSTRALIAN GROCERY WAREHOUSES"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"65629\" class=\"elementor elementor-65629\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c3e38e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0c3e38e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f09b5e1 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f09b5e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/report-disciplinary-power.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-65630\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/report-disciplinary-power.png 1569w, https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/report-disciplinary-power-600x379.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad6f4f6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ad6f4f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dd96c6 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7dd96c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Workplace implications of automated decision-making and algorithmic management have been the subject of significant debate for many years. Our case study highlights how cross-institutional responses to workplace regulation and protection are essential.<\/p><p>Workers and their unions, as well as government and civil society all have a role to play in ensuring Australian jobs are safe, respectful, and free from authoritarian techniques of control and discipline.\u00a0<\/p><p>In this report, we examine automated decision-making and algorithmic management in Australian grocery warehousing. It offers the <strong>case study of Woolworths<\/strong> distribution centres and a recent decision to introduce engineered standards as part of a comprehensive worker performance management system.<\/p><p>We highlight historical continuities with older forms of technological work control, as well as suggestions for future practices to ensure safe and respectful workplaces.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3613228 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3613228\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62f80a6 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62f80a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Read in full: <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Disciplinary-Power-in-Aust-Grocery-Warehouses-UWU.pdf\">Report: Disciplinary Power in Australian Grocery Warehouses &#8211; A Case Study<\/a> [PDF]<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c3b786 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7c3b786\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e72a8f4 elementor-align-center sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e72a8f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Disciplinary-Power-in-Aust-Grocery-Warehouses-UWU.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">DOWNLOAD PDF<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Insecure work and technological change are interconnected, driving change and uncertainty for workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":65630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[195],"class_list":["post-65629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-research"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65629"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65641,"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65629\/revisions\/65641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}