Coles Toll Somerton dispute update: members vote up offer

The offer made by Toll to workers at the Somerton warehouse was accepted at a mass meeting this afternoon.

New conditions have been included in the agreement for the first time including  RDOs, shift allowances and casual conversion rights. It also includes a decent wage offer.

The NUW thanks all community groups, individual supporters and Victorian unions that assisted and supported the members throughout the last fortnight.

National Union of Workers secretary Tim Kennedy said the agreement dealt with issues at the centre of the dispute, including shift penalties, public holidays, rostered days off and casuals.

"The union is very happy the workers, after a long two-week struggle, have been able to secure an agreement," he said.

The union had argued its members should have the same conditions they said workers at other Coles warehouses receive.

"There is no doubt, in order to make certain we won these conditions of equal treatment, there had to be some give and take," Mr Kennedy said.