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11 May 2012
Tesco imposes two year increase in pension age
As public sector workers fight to defend their pensions by inspiringly taking strike action, one large private sector employer has managed to waive through pension changes without so much as a whimper from the shopworkers' union Usdaw
22 February 2012
As unemployment rises the vultures are circling. Among the biggest is Tesco. But they met huge opposition when they advertised a full-time, permanent position for which you would receive a meagre dole payment plus expenses
20 February 2012
Mass anger forces more companies to abandon workfare schemes
After protests hit London, Manchester and Leeds at the weekend, alongside an onslaught upon Tesco's presence in social media the company and others are feeling the squeeze
17 February 2012
Slave labour retail jobs scandal
Over the past few months the government's work experience scheme has come under increasing scrutiny. It attempts to introduce slave labour for the young unemployed
27 April 2011
Bristol 'Tesco riot' reveals anger
On Thursday night, 21 April, disturbances took place in the Stokes Croft area of Bristol when police clashed with anti-Tesco protesters and the local squatting community...
29 July 2009
Greedy bosses exploiting seasonal workers
The Independent recently reported on the exploitation of Bulgarian and Romanian workers by Tesco supplier, S&A Produce, writes Deborah Jones.
22 July 2009
Every little helps Tesco's as they attack workers
Chepstow: Around 750 workers at the Tesco distribution centre in Chepstow are voting over strike action against the company's decision to move the centre across the river Severn to Avonmouth, which is only eight miles away, writes Mike John, Newport Socialist Party.
22 April 2009
SUPERMARKET GIANT Tesco declared profits for 2008-09 of £3.1 billion, an all-time record for a UK retailer and 10% up on the company's previous year's profit...
11 June 2008
Usdaw needs a fighting leadership
Socialist Party member Robbie Segal is standing for general secretary of the shop and distribution workers' union USDAW. The Socialist recently interviewed her...
6 September 2007
Defend Newcastle General Hospital
Fight Tesco's plans: IN NEWCASTLE, proposals have been put forward to close the General Hospital (NGH) and build a Tesco store on the site.
7 June 2007
Nearly 150 drivers at the Tesco depot in Livingston, Scotland, are in dispute over the imposition of new contracts...
15 February 2007
RETAIL GIANT Tesco is offering Open University students money towards their university fees, using points on Tesco clubcards...
1 June 2006
Tesco goes west - with non-union job ads
TESCO HAS given its chief executive, Sir Terry Leahy, a pay rise of almost 25%. He took away almost £4 million in salary, bonus and other benefits for the year to 25 February, against £3.2 million the year before. Leahy was also...
17 November 2005
KEEP UP the pressure in the campaign to reinstate Andy Beadle, the democratically elected Transport and General Workers rep at Peckham bus garage...
14 April 2005
Tesco - every two billion helps
TESCO, WITH its huge hypermarkets and many smaller neighbourhood shops across Britain, is the first British retailer to notch up annual profits of over £2 billion (£2.03 billion to be precise)...
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