Workers at Chemist Warehouse have won a significant victory with large pay rises and a substantial overhaul of the use of labour hire after a two-week strike at the group’s major distribution centres.

The strike, which involved picket lines to stop trucks supplying Chemist Warehouse stores, led to shortages on the shelves at the cut-price retailer.

Workers at Chemist Warehouse will get an immediate 8.75 per cent pay rise and over four years pay will be lifted by between 18.75 and 22.5 per cent, the National Union of Workers said.

Protests outside Chemist Warehouse distribution centre in Preston last week. Credit:Justin McManus

It comes as the world’s largest logistics company DHL faces an indefinite strike at its warehouses in Victoria and NSW as part of another large wage claim by the same union.