<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/coles" rel="" target="_blank" title="Coles"><span>Coles</span></a><span> has launched a partnership with </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/crime" rel="" target="_blank" title="Crime"><span>Crime</span></a><span> Stoppers </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/victoria" rel="" target="_blank" title="Victoria"><span>Victoria</span></a><span> in a bid to stop violence against </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/supermarkets" rel="" target="_blank" title="supermarket"><span>supermarket</span></a><span> workers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It comes as CCTV footage reveals shocking incidents of assault and violence against workers, with one clip showing a worker being thrown to the ground and dragged by a shopper.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The attack only stopped once bystanders intervened.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>VICTORIA:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/australian-alcohol-market-dodgy-booze-finding-its-way-into-bottle-shops/ab158d2c-d6c7-45c2-9dbb-39a65de47bf3" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Dodgy booze that killed teens found in local liquor stores</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Coles' state general manager Chris McKellar said the shocking footage is a sad reality of the experiences workers face.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The incidents our workers face in store are awful," he said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Anything from spitting, to hitting, petty crime we see on a day-to-day basis."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/coles-curb-violence-against-workers-footage-reveals-shocking-treatment-crime-stoppers-victoria/bd4fbf4b-7404-45e8-9edd-3e58d4df3224" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>New stats reveal retail theft is climbing in Victoria, rising by 6.1 per cent in the last year, with over 41,000 incidents recorded.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>NATIONAL:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/federal-budget-2026-capital-gains-tax-leading-doctor-impassioned-plea-after-hit-to-small-businesses/6164ff71-9cbe-4739-b67d-09d16390c978" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>'We're becoming a weaker nation': Leading doctors' impassioned plea after budget</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The partnership between the supermarket giant and the state's crime watchdog will educate Victorians on gift card scams, organised retail crime, and how to de-escalate harmful behaviour.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is designed to raise awareness of the risk retail workers face.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"[It's] important to remember retail workers are mums and dads, bros and sisters, aunts and uncles," McKellar said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They deserve the right to get out of bed each morning, go to work and be safe."</span></div></div><div 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