‘Tantamount to bullying’: Asda Workers March Against ‘Flexible’ Contract Imposition

Craig Gent - 14 August 2019

Asda workers joined a national demonstration in Leeds today to express their dismay at new contracts being imposed by the Walmart-owned supermarket chain.

‘Contract 6’ is set to make shift allocation more flexible while standardising the existing range of contracts in Asda stores.

Asda is focusing on the proposed 63 pence per hour pay increase the contract will give workers, stating the changes to terms and conditions “would enable us to deliver better service to our customers in an intensely competitive marketplace”... See more