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    Tesco boss says new workers’ rights laws must not hurt growth
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    Tesco boss says new workers’ rights laws must not hurt growth

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    1. rotgobbo on

      Scumbag company who treat their staff like crap, no matter how many years of service they have given the store.

    2. SenatorBiff on

      A myopic focus on growth (a.k.a shareholder returns) to the exclusion of all else is exactly why everything’s fucked.

    3. wkavinsky on

      Heaven forbid the workers get rights instead of the shareholders line going up.

      This is what the 1700’s and 1800’s were like, with the poor houses and all the rest.

      We were supposed to move past that, and be better, not slip right back.

    4. Username_075 on

      If growth depends on denying workers fundamental rights then growth can get in the fucking bin. Let’s be honest, growth means the workers get fuck all and the boss gets a fat bonus. I can understand why said boss would care, I’m unsure as to why anyone else should.

    5. kahnindustries on

      These headlines are just so post-apocalyptic and dystopian. Do the people saying these quotes ever read them back?

      Your human rights must not get in the way of profit growth?!!?

    6. Don_Quixote81 on

      Pay less to shareholders and invest in the company and employees, you’ll see more growth.

    7. WhateverUnited on

      Yes cause economic growth and profits are more important than human rights and individual wellbeing. Prick.

    8. ElvishMystical on

      For all the talk about growth – and it is all talk at the end of the day – there’s an awful lot of exploitation, poverty and deprivation going on in society.

      Funny how all the talk of workers rights always seems to start off those who benefit the most whining and complaining. Workers rights are all about sacrifice and empathy two things which neoliberal capitalists fear the most.

      So here we all are.

    10. EstatePinguino on

      This world is so fucking backwards.

      Should be more like: “Growth must not hurt workers’ rights”. 

    11. No_Breadfruit_4901 on

      Workers rights should be regulated 🙄 gosh these Tesco bosses have become so greedy

    13. Saint_Sin on

      …The same obscene growth stolen during a crisis by lobbying the Tories you mean?

      Rot scum.

    14. TopRace7827 on

      Why does it always seem to be Tesco?

      Significantly less chicken in their price matched chicken nuggets. Tesco.

      Burning plastics instead of recycling. Tesco.

      And now this. Workers don’t matter. Tesco.

      And that is just in the last week!

    16. SmoothlyAbrasive on

      Tesco’s boss is ignorant.

      A society that operates honestly with regard to how money works, is set up with the understanding that an unmet want is not as urgent as an unmet need. Shareholders, investors and executives only have wants, and ensuring their wants are fulfilled at the expense of the needs of workers and customers is amoral and harms the economy as a whole. This MUST be recognised in all economic structuring going forward.

    17. saint_maria on

      This is exactly the kind of shit that keeps disabled workers not working as well.

      We technically have more legal rights and protections than none disabled people, employers know this, and we’re less exploitable as a result. Therefore we’re less “valuable” than none disabled workers.

      All this bullshit about reliability is just a socially acceptable way to say “We can’t make unreasonable demands of this person and if we do they’re more likely to be unwell due to the stress of our demands and we can’t do fuck all about it legally.”

      If you want to know why so many people are now signed off sick and unable to work the largest contributing factor is the absolute grinding hell that is most modern employment.

      This is why stronger workers rights are a must. They benefit absolutely everyone. Fuck Tesco and any company that see’s their employees as a means to an ends only.

    18. dem503 on

      Tl;Dr this will affect growth for companies who treat their employees like shit. There are plenty of companies who are happily growing despite offering benefits _above the legal minimum_ 

    20. Turbantastic on

      We can’t have those pesky workers having any sort of rights, won’t somebody please think of the poor shareholders!!?

      Why don’t we bring back the poor house while we’re at it? Throw a bit of child labour in the mix also?

    21. KasamUK on

      Would this be the Tesco that just lost in the high court over its attempt to fire and re-hire. Yeh they can stick their opinions up their ass

    22. Ok_Commission_8436 on

      Profits expand and we all get fucked by a weak government too weak for today’s world. 

      Anyway, those benefit people need a bit more torture and society hasn’t been trained enough to shun them yet, yo capitalis ‘news’ magazines, please tell them it’s their fault and not the fact that we keep letting companies dictate our future.

    23. Intelligent_Tone_618 on

      Is this the same boss which thought it was a great idea to bump up their prices to force you use a data harvesting club card under the auspices of giving “loyal” customers a discount?

    24. twoveesup on

      If new worker’s rights hurt growth it’s up to Tesco to change how they fucking grow. Tesco bosses, all massive corp bosses, forfeiting bonuses would be the first thing to look at.

    25. BroodLord1962 on

      Tesco’s don’t give a shit about their customers. They have become the masters of getting products made for them in slightly smaller packets than their competitors while charging the same price. One of recent example: Large bottle of Peroni 500ml at Tesco works out at £4.70 ltr. Sainsbury large bottle of Peroni 620ml works out at £4.44 ltr, both stores currently charging £6 for 3 bottles on offer. There’s loads of this behaviour at Tesco