A previous TWU strike in August idled dozens of Toll trucks and trailers in Sydney for a day.“Several thousand workers have vowed to unite and take national action if that is what it takes to bring this attack on their jobs to an end as quickly as possible,” the union’s national secretary Michael Kaine said.
“Our people enjoy some of the best pay, conditions and job security in the industry,” a Toll spokeswoman said. “We pay well and treat our workers well because that’s how we differentiate ourselves against our competitors.” “Any further industrial action will cause delays and delivery impacts, at a time when the delivery of essential items has never been more important,” a StarTrack spokesman said.
“To take this strike action in the middle of a pandemic, when millions of Australians are doing their shopping online and relying on companies like StarTrack, FedEx and Toll to deliver vital supplies to their home, is the worst kind of old-style union thuggery.
Then pay them a decent wage.