Outrageous: One OZschwitz union member able to hold the fate of 75,000 people's working conditions hostage

Australia's workplace laws need a "rethink" according to Coles managing director John Durkan, who hit out at the nation's industrial relations system, claiming it disadvantaged customers and discouraged innovation and productivity.

Outrageous: One OZschwitz union member able to hold the fate of 75,000 people's working conditions hostage 1458713713454

Outrageous: One OZschwitz union member able to hold the fate of 75,000 people's working conditions hostage 1458713713454

The supermarket boss called for the simplification of industrial relations after revealing Coles' latest Store Team Agreement was mired in argument before the Fair Work Commission.

"Coles is currently defending a challenge to the approval of our latest Store Team Agreement, more than a year after our team members voted overwhelmingly in support of it," Mr Durkan said at an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia event.

"Under the current workplace relations laws, one team member, a weekend casual represented by a union official from an unrelated union, has been able to hold the fate of 75,000 people's working conditions hostage over months of argument before the Fair Work Commission."

If the worker is successful, Mr Durkan said staff at the Wesfarmers-owned supermarket chain would go back to an older, less beneficial workplace agreement.

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Outrageous: One OZschwitz union member able to hold the fate of 75,000 people's working conditions hostage

Outrageous: One OZschwitz union member able to hold the fate of 75,000 people's working conditions hostage

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