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About 25 workers from Toll’s third-party logistics arm plan to leave work at 10 a.m.
Workers at Toll Logistics plan to leave work Tuesday morning after labor negotiations stalled.
First Union, on behalf of the workers, said the company was offering non-union workers more severance pay than union workers.
Toll’s owner, Japan Post, reportedly decided to sell its Australian and New Zealand units, making firing conditions a key issue, union spokesman Jared Abbott said.
About 25 workers from Toll’s third-party logistics arm, or 70 percent of the operational workforce, would be out of work for 24 hours starting at 10 a.m.
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The workers were aiming to protect their existing terms and conditions of employment, Abbott said. Toll Logistics workers went on strike for the first time for 24 hours earlier this month.
Toll Logistics’ business in New Zealand included clients such as Nike and Independent Liquor.
A new continuous strike action was planned in the new year if a deal could not be reached, he said.
