Australia’s national food and petrol supply could be affected as thousands of truck drivers agreed to strike on Aug. 27 over a pay dispute with logistics giant Toll. The Transport Workers Union (TWU) will follow through on its July threat to “cripple food and fuel supplies across Australia” after a successful vote saw 97 percent of its 7,000 members agree to strike action. Truckies, under the protection of the Fair Work Act, will implement a 24-hour strike and likely affect supply chains. The dispute centres on a newly proposed enterprise agreement that comes as Toll finalises the sale of its Global Express business to fund manager Allegro. “Toll workers have been forced to take the last resort option to go on strike this week because their jobs are being smashed. To do nothing would be to wait like sitting ducks for the jobs they’ve skilfully done for decades to be given …
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