Tesco and BP are both operating secret recruitment practices which exclude local workers from applying for local jobs in favour of workers brought in from abroad.
Tesco: Only management positions are advertised on its website, shop assistant positions are not advertised on Jobcentre Plus or anywhere. How an application can be made for a position is a mystery.
BP: its retail arm BP Retail UK does not have a web site, it uses an employment agency maccarthyrecruitment.com but again only management positions are advertised. Shop assistant positions are not advertised even with Jobcentre Plus, these positions are filled by a mystery process which excludes local workers.
The law does not state that vacancies have to be advertised but failure to do so could constitute a discriminatory act if prosecuted.
BP: its retail arm BP Retail UK does not have a web site, it uses an employment agency maccarthyrecruitment.com but again only management positions are advertised. Shop assistant positions are not advertised even with Jobcentre Plus, these positions are filled by a mystery process which excludes local workers.
The law does not state that vacancies have to be advertised but failure to do so could constitute a discriminatory act if prosecuted.
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Tesco jobs advertisted on shop floor
03.02.2009 17:05
The basis of the strikes are racist.
sam
Tesco Express does not
03.02.2009 18:32
The situation is most obvious at smaller tesco Express stores- jobs aren't advertised on the wall and when I asked if any were available I was told to look at the website!!!!
LE
Most supermarkets
03.02.2009 19:52
Bob
job search advice via indymedia
03.02.2009 20:40
all you have to do is print it off, fill it in, drop it off at whichever store you want to work at, and they'll contact you when they have any vacancies if they think you're worth considering for the work... same way it's been done for decades (well, without the interweb bit).
I don't see how this process excludes local workers, being as you have to actually physically hand the form in at the store.
fs
Strikes are racist?
03.02.2009 20:59
jam