my partner in crime

we look so seedy

Coles has recently been accused of ignoring many safety issues when it comes to workers, especially deliveries. One example is the pressure put on truck drivers to drive a straight 14 hours. Coles’ is putting the lives of truck drivers and surrounding motorists at risk every single day and it was put on the shoulders of the Transport Workers’ Union to put an end to the outrage. Since i had recently finished an internship at the TWU they gave me a call asking if i would like to join in on a protest against Coles and of course i was up for it. During my lunch break i headed up to Sussex St to meet everyone helping the cause, armed with pamphlets and tshirts we marched to the Coles supermarket a few streets down.

long walk there

yay balloons

As we all gathered outside, shirts hidden under our jackets, in small groups headed into the shop. As we walked through the shops we hid pamphlets between/behind/under products in shelves and also handed them out to shoppers who passed by. As word got around we all took off our jackets to reveal the shirts underneath and continued the distribution. After security informed the manager of what was going on we were escorted out, but it was too late, the damage had been done and the word had gotten out. After leaving the shop itself everyone gathered outside chanting ‘Coles Coles, whose to blame, pushing safety down the chain!” surrounded by news crews and bypassers, we started handing out balloons and more pamphlets until it was time for me to go back to uni for my next class LOL. All in all i hope that the attention was drawn and that coles lost many customers that day and in the future, shop at Woolies guys please :D

it was like this in every shelf

the media afterwards