#Coles and #Woolworths exercise gross and disproportionate power against consumers, farmers and workers. #RAFFWU members have stood together and, for the first time ever at the supermarkets, taken strike action in pursuing living wages, safer workplaces and secure jobs.
In this critical #FourCorners analysis, hear from RAFFWU #union member Ana what it is like working in a dark store.
#FightForALivingWage #FightBackWithRAFFWU #SuperStrike
The cost of living with #Coles and #Woolworths. Uncovered the tactics used by #supermarkets to keep prices high - and competition out. Both deny #pricegouging but there are now six inquiries and reviews targeting the #duopoly.
Super Power - Monday 8.30pm on ABC iview and ABC
#RAFFWU Retail And Fast Food Workers #Union #SuperStrike
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There and then By direct democracy, the rank & file elected J L and J C and others of the workers control platform; they were prepared to go to jail and did so for their members educated by struggle as staunch unionists.
Here and Now These days it’s encouraging to see #UWU members through struggle have become educated and organised.
The recent #RAFFWU #superstrike at Coles and Woolworths in several cities has shown the decades of dodgy sellout deals association SDA ebbing ?
photos of #RAFFWU #Union members from #Woolworths and #Coles at Christmas #Superstrike rally in Naarm/Melbourne today Fri Dec 22nd 2023
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#RAFFWU members at #Coles #BanksiaGrove went on #strike yesterday to demand a #livingwage of $29 per hour, #securejobs, and #safeworkplaces.
Christmas #superstrike events are on today in capital cities.
#FightBackWithRAFFWU #SuperStrike #union #unions #woolies #woolworths #StandUpFightBack #fightbackwithraffwu #Superstrike
Good on you. Know there are good folks in The Greens, the Socialists and Independents/ Teals between elections “extra parliamentary” networks are educational and orgaanisation experience for those younger and others returning to eg climate protests but also bulk buying, cooperatives, mutual aid associations… inn the radical / change from below tradition.
New union generation too across Australasia eg RAFFWU workers at price gouging Coles and Woolworths #superstrike today.
#RAFFWU members at #Woolworths #BrokenHill walked out on #strike Most of the store walked out leaving online ordering shut down, and the store largely operated by #scabs flown in by Woolworths from #Adelaide and #sydney
#Union Members are outraged that Woolworths would rather spend a fortune on the flights and accommodation for strike-breakers than return the conditions stripped from Broken Hill workers.
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#RAFFWU is calling for a consumer boycott 18 December 2023, anyone who can should do their shopping elsewhere. They exploit their workers, & us all with their cynical #pricegouging.
#Union members at #Coles and #Woolworths are striking again on December 22nd following their historic, national #superstrike action in October.
Back these workers by signing the open letter here; https://forms.gle/mEyeHByx93kLDmiw7 and pledge to #boycott Coles and Woolworths this month.
The Retail and Fast Food Workers (RAFFWU) is coordinating this open letter calling for a consumer boycott of Coles and Woolworths this Christmas, December 2023. Not only do these companies exploit their workers, they exploit us all with their cynical price-gouging. During an unprecedented cost-of-living crisis, these supermarket giants have increased their profits AND their profit margins. Coles posted a record annual profit of $1.1 billion dollars in 2023, and Woolworths posted an annual profit of $1.62 billion. Between them, Coles and Woolworths account for nearly 60% of the grocery sector in Australia. The power they wield over farmers, grocery manufacturers and shoppers is enormous. Shopping at Coles or Woolies is often the only option for people living outside city centres. But as pay packets shrink and profit-led inflation – "greedflation" – spirals, workers across the country are going without. More and more people are relying on food banks for essential goods, while Coles and Woolworths respond to growing poverty not by lowering their prices but with increased surveillance at supermarket checkouts and bag searches of their own workers. Community action has led to a federal Senate enquiry into the market power and pricing policies of Coles and Woolworths. However, we can’t rely on politicians to hold them to account. Our community is calling for a boycott of Coles and Woolworths. The supermarket duopoly expects to make even bigger profits at Christmas time. But their own workers can’t afford to shop at these stores. Workers at Coles and Woolies are taking strike action again in the week before Christmas. We are calling for a consumer boycott of Coles and Woolworths throughout the week before Christmas. From 18 December 2023, anyone who can should do their shopping elsewhere. The season of giving doesn’t belong to the profiteers. Stop greedflation, price gouging and worker exploitation, and join community actions on the 21st and 22nd December 2023 throughout Australia. We the undersigned back striking essential workers in their fight for dignity and job security. And we pledge to boycott Coles and Woolworths this December. Josh Cullinan, Secretary, RAFFWU Dani Barley, President, RAFFWU James Searle, Treasurer, RAFFWU Cooper Jones, RAFFWU Tony Williams Nicolas Lourenco Bronte Colmer Jason Ozaki Mon Mulveney Alyssa Dugo Alice Eggleston Edith Taylor Callum, RAFFWU member Tobias Hudson Jeff Rickertt Anna Blake Neil Frost Jared Gerhardt Susan Cummings Loukas Kakogiannis Dylan Reynolds Ella T Jessica Westmoreland Robyn Daly Anne Sunny Rae Riley Molly Stanton Nick Wittman, Community Union Defence League Andrew Harkness Joel Fitzmaurice Grace Hiley Luka Golik, RAFFWU member Wyatt Turnbull Surena Saryazdi Jayden Wilkinson Matthias Jansen Dale Robson Cameron Standring Lauren Dyer, RAFFWU member Korey Menz Jake Neville Liam McGillion Lisa Menz Cameron Duffie Melissa Howell Danielle Kenney Delilah Hague, RAFFWU member Lachlan Mitchell Honey Christensen Anwen Crawford, MEAA/NTEU member Kat Gerritsen Erica Morris Rohen Snowball Riley Brooke, ASU member Alev Raul Sugunananthan Judy Saric Michael Johnstone Miles Carter, ASEN NSW Riley Dougheney Earle Ashley Pardey Robert Pardey Julie Pardey Tricia Tobin
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