Originally Posted by Worrals in the wilds
Say they go for a termination... the next time Woolies/Coles have an IR tiff, they just instigate a lockout, shut down half the nation's supermarkets and the government will terminate the action and demand people return to work. Voila, Plutocracy Rules, and all thanks to a Labor government!'
Funny you mention Woolies. I spent a fair bit of time in their employ, as a nightfiller and then later as a night manager while getting my CPL.
Woolworths has a
very heavily unionised workforce. You'd be hard pushed to find a single employee among the rank and file in the stores that
isn't a member of the SDA; the union organiser swings past during every induction to do his spiel, and most people sign up on the spot. Every couple of years when EBA time comes round, Woolies bargain in good faith with the unions, end up with a reasonably happy workforce that feels valued, and the company continue to make record profits.
AJ could learn many lessons in IR from Woolies.