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30 Jul 2018

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ABC News

Australia: Cleaners in Woolworths' labour supply chain 'systematically ripped off' - hearing

"Senators tear into Woolworths over its contract cleaners being 'systematically ripped off'", 26 July 2018

The underpayment of sub-contracted cleaners at major supermarket chains in Tasmania has been described as "horrendous" by Liberal and Labor senators at a hearing...

Woolworths executives apologised for failing to ensure cleaning contractors paid workers properly.

"It's deeply regrettable … and we apologise profusely," Woolworths public policy manager Cameron Sinclair told the hearing...

Woolworths is the only supermarket in Tasmania that outsources its cleaners...