Vic Woolies staff want explanation: union

Workers want supermarket giant Woolworths to explain why jobs will go at the Hume centre when it revamps its Victorian operations.

A customer stands outside of a Woolworths supermarket in Sydney

Woolworths staff want the supermarket giant to explain why it is shutting the Hume Centre. (AAP)

Woolworths staff want the supermarket giant to explain why it is shutting the Hume Distribution Centre in Melbourne.

The National Union of Workers has begun a series of meetings with workers from the centre, where some jobs are set to go after Woolworths this week announced a revamp of its Victorian facilities.

"Many workers have already told us they want Woolworths to explain why this is happening," the union said in a statement on Thursday.


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