You can't keep the workers down, Bristol is a Union Town!
This is how they name and shame shabby employers in New York - how about a similar thing here?
Watch out Sweetmart!
Who ARE the worst employers in Bristol? I know that must be like asking which lump of shit smells the worst in the current conditions of minimum wage, minimum rights. But hey, there still must be some who are especially pungent!
My vote would be for 'everyones favourite' Sweet Mart - many Eastonians shop there (including me!) but did you know many of the staff are on less than minimum wage, having signed contracts in other countries?
Shape up Sweetmart, we want you but you need to clean your act up!
not that i think that sweetmart is a charity, but people have been making the occasional snide comment about them for years, but i have never heard any 1st hand info -but would be eager to see it.
You could always find out for yourself first hand, there's plenty of people around Easton that have worked for them in the past, and you could always ask the owners to see around the warehouse over the other side of the road - some of the people working in there haven't seen daylight for years
Trouble is, if you are working 'off radar' you are not going to be contacting the Unions about work conditions. You will only find out the truth by posing as a cash in hand jobseeker.
And if you want to find out who the official c**t employers are, get an admin job in an employment law firm.
i don't know about the sweetmark situation, but if anyone does have any juicy info on any other companies then post it here. It would be great to make a big rat and take it for a walk around bristol. Could be like LCAP or the french Solidarity Collective but with rodents
make this your indymedia front page
Friday February 06, 2009 11:12
by Errol the Hamster
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5not that i think that sweetmart is a charity, but people have been making the occasional snide comment about them for years, but i have never heard any 1st hand info -but would be eager to see it.
e-mail bristolnoborders@riseup.net if you want.
You could always find out for yourself first hand, there's plenty of people around Easton that have worked for them in the past, and you could always ask the owners to see around the warehouse over the other side of the road - some of the people working in there haven't seen daylight for years
Trouble is, if you are working 'off radar' you are not going to be contacting the Unions about work conditions. You will only find out the truth by posing as a cash in hand jobseeker.
And if you want to find out who the official c**t employers are, get an admin job in an employment law firm.
As I do a lot of my shopping there, I'd love to see some hard evidence!
i don't know about the sweetmark situation, but if anyone does have any juicy info on any other companies then post it here. It would be great to make a big rat and take it for a walk around bristol. Could be like LCAP or the french Solidarity Collective but with rodents
http://www.lcap.org.uk
http://www.ainfos.ca/05/feb/ainfos00344.html