Hundreds of workers at Coca-Cola Amatil's warehouses around the country will cop a pay freeze and new hires will receive pay of 38 per cent less to do the same job under new pay deals that provide a stark warning of the pressure on wages across the economy.

In the latest move in a national strategy to lower wages, beverage giant Coca-Cola Amatil sealed a new pay deal this week with its Victorian warehouse workers that locks in a pay freeze in 2015, followed by pay increase of about $30 in 2016.

Coca-Cola Amatil sealed a new pay deal this week with its Victorian warehouse workers. Credit:Bloomberg

The national rate of inflation of 3 per cent a year means these workers' wages will effectively go backwards. But more unusually the agreement also enabled a two-tiered pay system that will see new hires receive about 38 per cent less than their encumbent colleagues doing the same jobs.

A spokeswoman for Coca-Cola Amatil said the deal brought wages closer to market rates.