Hundreds of angry Aldi truck drivers have spent Wednesday protesting outside the company’s shops across Australia, demanding safer working conditions.
The protest is spearheaded by the Transport Workers Union, which says cost-cutting at the top of supply chains is putting pressure on drivers and operators to speed, skip rest breaks and delay vehicle maintenance.
The union also released images it said showed poor or unsafe conditions in Aldi warehouses. The photos showed blocked fire exits, dangerous packaging, limited lighting and and unhygienic food storage.
The German supermarket chain is taking the union to court in action the TWU claims is denied to silence truck drivers about their safety concerns. But Aldi denied that.
“Our court action is to hold them to the law. It is not okay to use social and traditional media to propagate lies for their own gain,” it told the Nine Network.
Why are we protesting? Because @ALDIAustralia won’t acknowledge the role it has to play in making our roads safer and because it is trying to silence truckies speaking out about safety breaches #ShameAldi #auspol pic.twitter.com/bpELoQMuQM
— TWU Australia (@TWUAus) October 15, 2019
TWU national secretary Michael Kaine said workers had protested about safety issues at Aldi stores for two years.
“The wealthy supermarket giant refuses to acknowledge its responsibility,” he said.
“We are protesting again to remind Aldi that while they spend time and money trying to silence us, people are dying on our roads.”
Mr Kaine said shoppers would be concerned to see the conditions for Aldi’s workers – and how products were stored in its supermarkets.
There were protests at the company’s supermarkets and distribution centres, including the main one in Minchinbury in Sydney’s west, on Wednesday.
Aldi’s Federal Court case against the TWU resumes on October 22.
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