The union representing supermarket employees is concerned at Foodstuffs' cost-saving measures, which it says are resulting in dozens of redundancies in Auckland.
Fifty Auckland truck drivers are losing their jobs as the supermarket chain moves to an owner-driver model.
First Union, which represents most of the workers, says the drivers were told by Foodstuffs' subsidiary Route and Retail in September that they would be moving to an owner-driver model over the next few months.
They would have to buy their own trucks and contract out their services, but First Union secretary Robert Reid says they can't afford to pay for a truck and its running costs when the hourly rate is so low.
He says the drivers have opted for redundancy instead.
The union says eight staff at Auckland's Mt Albert Pak'n'Save have also lost their jobs.
Foodstuffs says its multi-million dollar redevelopment at the Mt Albert store has led to a number of "efficiencies".
