STRONGER UNIONS

Rather than go through EVERY single transaction I’ve, well transacted, over the last two days - here are some of the ‘highlights’  (I use the word ‘highlights’ very advisedly)
 

On-line shopping at Tesco - Tesco is one of those companies people love to hate…its 30% UK market share has seen it come under fire from groups [...]

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Yesterday was a quiet day…only 3 transactions to report.
1) Went to the Co-op to buy bread and the papers. You’d think the Co-op would be a safe best considering its history and the fact that it recognises several TUC unions. However, the GMB is currently in dispute with the Co-op over its decision to unilaterally [...]

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Here’s my dilemma…
Yesterday we ran out of coffee in the office (well we ran out the proper stuff, I don’t count decaffeinated as coffee in the same way that Kaliber is not a lager), so I was forced to go out to a local coffee shop for my daily fix.
The nearest,and frankly best, coffee shop to [...]

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Wal-Mart that paragon of global corporate responsibility is at it again.
For the second time in three years Wal-Mart has shut a Canadian facility down because the workers had the temerity to organise a union. Rather than abide by the decision of the Quebec Labour Relations Board to impose a three-year collective agreement the company have decided [...]

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