Vic workers win agreement after strike

Victorian cold-storage workers have agreed to a new deal after three days of strikes saw fresh food supplies at Coles supermarkets run low.

More than 600 Polar Fresh workers set up a picket line outside their company's Truganina warehouse, which holds cold items for Coles stores in Victoria and Tasmania, calling for a pay rise and more stable jobs.

Mid evening on Friday, they and their union won a negotiated average 4.75 per cent wage increase per year and secured more stable positions.

By January 2019, Polar Fresh workers will be earning $31 an hour and see 50 permanent full time positions become available.

Seventy labour hire agency workers will also be converted to direct employment jobs.

"It's really an excellent result," National Union of Workers spokeswoman Emma Kerin told AAP.

"Workers will go home and have a rest now, very happy."

Workers had been taking shifts to man the picket line overnight for three days, setting up tents, chairs and a kitchen.

They will now gain paid breaks, RDOs and double time for overtime after two hours.

Earlier in the week, Coles claimed workers were stopping trucks delivering produce to warehouses and said they were struggling to stock shelves.

On Tuesday, Coles and Polar Fresh applied to stop the action, with Supreme Court Justice Michael McDonald ordering the workers to cease by Thursday.

A Coles spokesman said some deliveries had been disrupted but fresh produce was starting to flow through to stores again thanks to the court injunction.

"We are working hard to ensure all products are on the shelf as soon as possible," the spokesman said on Friday.

Industrial action also affected Victorian farmers.

Werribee supplier John Said told AAP he had to stop production and send workers home.

"It's an ongoing nightmare and could take another three to four days to get back up and running once it's all sorted," he said.

Customers have been sharing photos of empty shelves at their Coles supermarkets on social media throughout the week.