Jul 16, 2026 – 4.39pmAldi will pay $55 million to thousands of warehouse and store workers as part of a settlement of underpayment claims, despite previously dismissing union estimates it had shortchanged workers $10 million as “significantly inflated”.The supermarket giant on Thursday reached an in-principle deal with the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association over Federal Court action that alleged 32,000 current and former employees had been directed to do unpaid work before and after shifts.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles