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BRIEF, AUSTRALIA
Kmart locks out workers


Graham Matthews
15 November 2008


SYDNEY — Workers at Kmart’s Huntingwood distribution centre in Sydney’s west were locked out by the company for two days from November 10. The workers — members of the National Union of Workers (NUW) — had just completed a four-day strike in pursuit of a new enterprise bargain.

The workers were allowed to return to work on November 12. NUW organiser Mark Ptolemy told Green Left Weekly that the industrial action taken by the workers had been “successful in forcing the company back to the table.” However, there were outstanding issues that had not been resolved.

Ptolemy said that the workers reserved the right to take further industrial action if Kmart remains intransigent.

From: Australian News, Green Left Weekly issue #775 19 November 2008.
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