Farmers retail stores will be empty of a few hundred staff tomorrow afternoon as workers walk off the job over what they believe is low pay and unfair pay reviews.
FIRST Union says beauty, sales and service assistants nationwide have voted in favour of strike action tomorrow from midday to 5pm.
Members will take a range of strike action from one hour to the full five hours. Additionally, there are 10 pickets planned in Botany, St Lukes, Pukekohe, Rangiora, Blenheim, New Plymouth, Lambton Quay, The Base Hamilton, Gisborne and Hastings.
Workers have decided to move from pickets to strike action in response to failed negotiations and overwhelming community support from Auckland and Wellington pickets last month, FIRST Union says.
Farmers members believe the performance pay review system is unfair and have handed in a more than 600-strong petition to management asking for the Living Wage and an end to the performance pay system.
The company's latest offer was rejected by 93% of members according to FIRST Union.
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