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The Shoppies’ sellout

2 September 2016

9:28 PM

2 September 2016

9:28 PM

The Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association  — affectionately known as the ‘Shoppies’ – is under fire from employer groups after vowing to renegotiate enterprise agreements that for more than a decade have slashed penalty rates in return for higher hourly base pay. The move follows the Fair Work Commission’s rejection of a now infamous pay deal between the embattled union and Coles on the basis that it failed the no disadvantage test by leaving thousands of workers out of pocket.

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