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RAFFWU members on strike in Meanjin/Brisbane on October 7

Workers at Coles and Woolworths supermarkets have ramped up their campaign for a living wage, secure jobs and safe workplaces with a Christmas #Superstrike. Isaac Nellist reports. 

Coles and Woolies workers on strike in Brisbane

Green Left's Isaac Nellist spoke to Retail and Fast Food Workers Union secretary Josh Cullinan about the first national strike of supermarket workers at Coles and Woolworths.

Green Left's Isaac Nellist spoke to Retail and Fast Food Workers’ Union secretary Josh Cullinan about the historic #Superstrike taken by workers at Coles and Woolworths supermarkets on October 7.

Coles and Woolworths worker launched their super strike in Meanjin/Brisbane on October 7, video by Alex Bainbridge.

RAFFWU members rally in Meanjin/Brisbane while the strike is underway.

Retail and Fast Food Workers Union members at hundreds of Coles and Woolworths supermarkets took part in a historic nationwide “superstrike” as they fight for better pay and working conditions, reports Isaac Nellist

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Members of the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU) at Coles and Woolworths are taking industrial action after negotiations over pay and conditions fell through, reports Nova Sobieralski.

Deakin University research found that food prices had gone up “across the board”.

Governments need to take action on rising food prices as Woolworths and Coles report mega profits, Isaac Nellist argues.

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CEOs and their media mouthpieces are hitting back at suggestions that, in a cost-of-living crisis, there could be an acceptable level of profit. Binoy Kampmark reports.

Having locked out workers at its Smeaton Grange warehouse since November, Coles has just announced this measure will be extended indefinitely, reports Jim McIlroy.

Under immense pressure from a greedy employer, 350 workers have returned to work after being locked out of the Coles Smeaton Grange warehouse in Western Sydney for 12 weeks. Jim McIlroy reports.

Workers locked out of Coles’ Smeaton Grange warehouse in Western Sydney are campaigning strongly for a “no” vote on the company’s non-union agreement, reports Jim McIlroy.

Several hundred Coles workers and supporters marched through Sydney's streets, calling on the public to boycott Coles this Christmas. Jim McIlroy reports.