Unions representing workers at Australia’s biggest grocery chains claim their members don’t earn enough to buy food at their own workplace, calling on Senators examining the sector to take steps to break the giants’ “power mongering”.
Public anger at perceived price gouging by supermarkets is spilling over into increased aggression towards staff in stores, putting 1.5 million of Australia’s worst-paid workers directly in danger, the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union has told the Senate inquiry into grocery prices in a submission.
