Retail – ASDA fined over union rights
WORKERS, MAR 2006 ISSUE
ASDA Wal-Mart, the US supermarket conglomerate and rabidly anti-trade union company, has been fined over £850,000 for breaking employment rights legislation. Attempts by ASDA Wal-Mart to bribe and then force 340 GMB members in Washington, County Durham, to sell their trade union membership, backfired dramatically. Compensation of £2,500 was awarded to each worker involved in the case, with the GMB then going on to win a further 5% pay award.