A Friend in Wales Is Getting A Rotten Deal

[HumanRightsGuy]

I have a friend in Wales who's looking into a possible job at a major chain supermarket, and they want him to work his first month on a trial basis, and WITHOUT PAY!!!

Anybody here ever heard of such a thing?

The closest thing to that I've ever heard of was when a restaurant in Connecticut was subjected to an organized crime "bustout" (that's when the Mob takes over a legitimate business, pay no bills, and use their credit line to buy easily fenceable items, and then walk away when they're out of credit or when the scam can no longer be concealed). It started right at the grand opening, when the employees were told that they'd be paid every two weeks, two weeks after the close of the pay period, which meant they'd get their first paychecks four weeks after starting. When that day came, they were told there was a mixup with the records, so they'd be getting four week's pay two weeks later. When that day came, the employees showed up at the restaurant and the doors were locked, and they realized that they had been duped out of six weeks' pay and six weeks' work.

[Sperm-Doll Setsuna]

It is not entirely without precedent. Occasionally a supermarket will try to get away with tricking green employés who are keen on getting a job no matter what by making them work some time for free.

Let's just say your friend accept the outrageous demand though. Fuck 'em.

[HumanRightsGuy]

It is not entirely without precedent. Occasionally a supermarket will try to get away with tricking green employés who are keen on getting a job no matter what by making them work some time for free.

Let's just say your friend accept the outrageous demand though. Fuck 'em.

Right here in the US Walmart pays its employees so little that many of them are on food stamps and medical assistance, such that (see "Walmart's Low Wages Cost Taxpayers" (I can't link yet):

"The cost of low wages at Wal-Mart are at the center of a new report released last week by the Democratic staff of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Low wages are an issue across the economy, but Wal-Mart, as the country's largest private employer, has long faced closer scrutiny than other companies.

"According to the report, the cost of Wal-Mart's low wages isn't just felt by workers like Stinnett, but also transferred to American taxpayers. The report zeroes in on Wal-Mart in Wisconsin. That's because the state releases information on how many workers are enrolled in its public health care program broken down by employer.

"At the end of 2012, there were 3,216 Wal-Mart employees who were enrolled in Wisconsin public health care programs, more than any other employer. Add in the dependents of Wal-Mart workers and the total jumps up to 9,207.

"Factoring in what taxpayers contribute for public programs, the report estimated that one Wal-Mart supercenter employing 300 workers could cost taxpayers at least $904,000 annually."

[vijaya]

This sounds similar to the recent Conservative Government policy called 'Workfare' where you work for the various corporations that are subscribed to the scheme such as Tesco supermarket etc and you receive your unemployment benefit with a small top-up for all those hard working hours you're putting in. It's basically the biggest step into the reversal of workers rights the UK has seen since Thatcher.

Go to Boycott Workfare website for the facts.