More than 150 Asda workers are getting ready to walk out in a further strike action claiming the supermarket has failed to address dispute points, according to GMB.
Staff at Asda’s Wisbech store are set to walk out for a second time on August 2 over poor working conditions. GMB said the retailer has failed to address dispute points of health and safety breaches, cuts in hours, fire safety breaches, poor quality training and bullying management.
It added that despite meetings with senior management after the last Wisbech strike in March, “staff have no confidence any of the issues are being properly addressed.”
Keith Dixon, GMB regional organiser, said: “Asda Wisbech bosses are fully aware of why workers are angry.
“But despite several meetings with senior directors, the company seems to be completely missing the point. Not one dispute point has been addressed by Asda, while suggestions put forward by GMB have been ignored.
“Management seems happy to ignore problems, cover them up or brush them under the carpet. As a result, Asda Wisbech is returning to the picket line.”
An Asda spokesperson said: “We have taken reasonable and practical steps in Wisbech to address the points previously raised by the GMB and this has been welcomed by our colleagues at the store, most of whom are members of the union. Given this progress, we are disappointed the GMB has chosen a course of action that has the potential to disrupt the local community and hurt colleagues financially.
“We have offered to meet their representatives at Acas to try and reach an amicable solution for all parties. In the meantime, we have robust contingency plans in place and can reassure customers the store will be open as normal should this industrial action go ahead.”
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