M&S: rolling out workfare in their stores. Unless we stop them!
It’s the week of action against workfare and there’s walks of shame, pickets and surprise visits planned in twelve towns across the UK. Please help us to step the pressure up online by contacting the workfare exploiters below.
There’ll be a new online action every day this week so please keep checking back!
Marks & Spencer
Marks & Spencer’s use of workfare hit public awareness last week when they announced 1400 new placements in their stores and a benchmark of 2% of the workforce to be unpaid. But this isn’t the brand’s first encounter with workfare. Despite their CEO earning over £2 million a year, they are also profiting from unpaid work through another workfare scheme in Scotland, which targets single parents. It’s likely their involvement is much more widespread – we recently heard from someone sent on a 4 week placement at one of their outlet stores as well.
There has been an incredible response on social media, with M&S forced to disable comments on their Facebook Page at times. Several pickets and walks of shame will pay a visit to their stores this week.
Please feel free to contact them with your thoughts as well:
By email: Using their online form
By phone: See this useful list of numbers
Facebook: Marks and Spencer
Twitter: Tweet to @marksandspencer
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