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Tesco Blockade

Huw Jones | 15.07.2007 08:30 | Ecology | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements

Tesco's store in Porthmadog was blockaded on Saturday and one protester was arrested for plastering posters announcing that the store was shut

Steffan Arrested
Steffan Arrested

Shutting down Tesco
Shutting down Tesco

Steffan and the Heddlu
Steffan and the Heddlu

Tesco Protesters
Tesco Protesters

Tesco Protest
Tesco Protest


A protest was held at Tesco's store in Porthmadog north Wales on Saturday 14.07.07 to protest about
- Tesco's token use of Welsh on signs etc within their stores
- Tesco's link to Adecco recruitment agency who recently banned their staff from speaking Welsh
- Tesco's destruction of small local shops and businesses (see  http://www.tescopoly.com)

The entrance was blocked and a protester arrested for plastering posters announcing that the store was shut

For full details of the protest see  http://www.cymdeithas.org

Huw Jones
- Homepage: http://www.cymdeithas.org