Why Does My Supermarket Still Have Empty Shelves?

We all remember the chaos and uncertainty at the start of the pandemic, when panic buying made it near impossible to buy toilet paper and all sorts of other essential products.

Now after two years of living with Covid-19, supermarket shelves are suddenly bare once again, but why?

The Quicky speaks to two men who represent the workers who are doing everything they can from the field to the supermarkets to try and fill those empty shelves about why our supply chains have broken down, and what we can and should be doing to fix them.

CREDITS 

Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to: 

Mick Power - Logistics Coordinator for the United Workers Union, which represents over 150,000 members across 45 different industries, including farm, dairy and poultry

Michael Kaine - National Secretary of the Transport Workers Union (TWU)

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri

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