Woolworths employee on $26 an hour confronts board at AGM over millions paid to executives

Jo Wright, 64, tells AGM she is subject to an unfair rostering system at supermarket giant and not remunerated properly for her experience

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A Woolworths employee has confronted the supermarket's board over the huge disparity between her $26 hourly rate, which she describes as not a living wage", and the high salaries of executives.

Jo Wright, who works on the supermarket floor in a New South Wales southern highlands store, told the company's annual general meeting on Thursday she was subject to an unfair rostering system and was not remunerated properly for her experience.

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