view on their employees right now and as consumers (because of the actions of Patrick’s employees), we better start doing our Christmas shopping early because this industrialaction is expected to leave retail shelves and store floors relatively empty. -- -- The same importance about the pre-Christmas shopping period applies to Aussie businesses as well, so the wharfies taking industrialaction for a pay rise, creating supply problems for shops for Christmas, isn’t really in the spirit of “we’re all in this together”. -- -- Despite their recent return to work, the backlogs that were created when they were taking industrialaction has meant significant delays are happening now.