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Workers at the Warehouse Manukau walk off the job
Workers at the Warehouse Manukau walk off the job in “wildcat” strike
Union members at the Warehouse Manukau are undertaking a “wildcat” strike* after rejecting the company’s measly offer of a 30 cent wage increase, says FIRST Union organiser Dennis Maga.
“If workers accept the offer of a 30 cent wage increase then that would only lift the lowest pay rate to $15.32 - nowhere near the levels needed to support a family in Auckland.”
“Workers were so insulted with the 30 cent offer that they voted to undertake a wildcat strike,” says Maga.
“The Warehouse markets itself as good employer, but its wage offer means that the majority of staff will be kept at minimum wage levels.”
“Workers at the Warehouse are worth more than a miserly offer of a 30 cent wage increase, especially when they are overworked due to deliberate understaffing in stores across the country,” says Maga.
“Our people are overworked and underpaid.”
Union members will be striking from 2.30pm to 4.30pm outside the Warehouse Manukau.
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