First Union members at the store joined their counterparts at Richmond Pak’nSave in wearing stickers, stating "We deserve the living wage". "It’s time for these wealthy store owners to stop being miserable grinches all year round and start paying their workers a decent living wage. Not only are the South Island workers disadvantaged, but so are customers. "Comparisons with North and South Island stores show same prices for food but that doesn’t translate to the same wages for the workers." He said South Island Foodstuffs supermarkets were taking a greater margin because their wage costs were lower and profits higher.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 25, 2019 15:11 UTC