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A general view of a Wilko store in Northampton, Northamptonshire
THE GMB union pledged to support members facing redundancy at Wilko’s today after it warned there is “no longer any prospect that the majority of the business will be saved.”
Most stores owned by the stricken homeware retailer, which collapsed into administration earlier this month putting 12,000 positions at risk, are now set to close within weeks after a potential purchase fell through.
Some of the national chain’s 400 shops may be bought, either individually or as part of larger packages, but significant job losses are now inevitable, starting in the coming days, the union said.
Organised workers at the notoriously anti-union global giant are scoring victory after victory, and now international bodies are pitching in to finally force this figurehead of corporate capitalism to give in to unionisation, writes EMILIO AVELAR
CHRIS HOOFE calls for support for GMB’s Potters’ Pledge campaign, aimed at making sure the historic pottery industry based in Stoke-on-Trent is supported over cheap, low-quality imports and counterfeits
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street
