Cambridge demo against 200 Tesco Drivers threatened with sack.

This was in solidarity with 200 delivery drivers who are currently working for Tesco, but who have had their contracts transferred to the Eddie Stobart haulage firm, who then summarily issued all these drivers with 90 days' notice, meaning their jobs are due to terminate just before Christmas - a nice present for their families, in the 'best' of Scrooge spirit!!

This has been called by some a blatant union busting operation, as not only will the drivers be offered new contracts with Eddie Stobart on a much lower payscale, but their pensions will be repealed and there will be no union representation.

This scandalous state of affairs occurs just months after it came to light that Tesco also support the DWP's so-called 'Workfare' scheme, in which long term unemployed are forced to work full time hours for Tesco (and other companies) for their Giros, under the threat of all their benefits being cut if they refuse.

So, it would seem that 'every little helps' Tesco to maintain their bottom line at the expense of their employee's pay and conditions, as well as pushing working conditions back to the times of Feudal Indentured Labour!

Not that I ever shopped there anyway.

Video of Cambridge demo here:
 http://youtu.be/dQ6QkdiKLIA

...And more details here:
 http://youtu.be/VJeilc58GiM

Thanks due to Ozzy for additional research materials for this article.

Other recommended reading:
 http://www.tescopoly.org/