Sports Direct Working people near death...

[FredClogs]

I wouldn't shop there myself, a mild case of claustrophobia gripped me once caught between some Lonsdale hoodies and a rack of cheap Donnay golf umbrellas and I've never been back.

But would the suggestion that staff are going to work with life threatening illnesses put anyone off shopping there or do we think that this is the price others have to pay in these times of austerity to enable us to get those all important vertically integrated brands we desire...?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34178412

[FredClogs]

PRTVR said:

FredClogs said:

I wouldn't shop there myself, a mild case of claustrophobia gripped me once caught between some Lonsdale hoodies and a rack of cheap Donnay golf umbrellas and I've never been back.

But would the suggestion that staff are going to work with life threatening illnesses put anyone off shopping there or do we think that this is the price others have to pay in these times of austerity to enable us to get those all important vertically integrated brands we desire...?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34178412

From reports a lot of the employees in the warehouse were from abroad, one could argue that the free movement of labour has created this situation, a surplus of cheap labour allows companies to run close to the edge of legality, if there were less people available they would have to give better terms and conditions to keep the staff.

ha ha, yes indeed, perhaps - or maybe we shoudl just all be rich enough to not have to work in Sports Direct - that would work to?

[FredClogs]

Murph7355 said:

Fredclogs - any particular reason for posting it? Newcastle fan? Or just a dislike of wealthy people and so even the remotest, faintest whiff of "exploitation" is enough to get you going...?

I'm certainly not a Newcastle fan (the football club not the city) and I have axe to grind with Mike Ashley - but Sports Direct seems to me to be the very worst example of something no one really likes, values or wants but we all just seem to accept because it's a teeny bit cheaper than other shops selling similar stuff.

[FredClogs]

PRTVR said:

FredClogs said:

PRTVR said:

FredClogs said:

I wouldn't shop there myself, a mild case of claustrophobia gripped me once caught between some Lonsdale hoodies and a rack of cheap Donnay golf umbrellas and I've never been back.

But would the suggestion that staff are going to work with life threatening illnesses put anyone off shopping there or do we think that this is the price others have to pay in these times of austerity to enable us to get those all important vertically integrated brands we desire...?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34178412

From reports a lot of the employees in the warehouse were from abroad, one could argue that the free movement of labour has created this situation, a surplus of cheap labour allows companies to run close to the edge of legality, if there were less people available they would have to give better terms and conditions to keep the staff.

ha ha, yes indeed, perhaps - or maybe we shoudl just all be rich enough to not have to work in Sports Direct - that would work to?

Interesting, how do you make everybody in the EU rich enough not to need jobs in Sports Direct?

I was being sarcastic.

How do you tell someone "You're not allowed to go and work at that place that needs staff because you weren't born close enough to it, and by restricting your physical freedom we're able to create a false market with artificially high pricing"?

I tell you what Mike Ashley would do, he'd build his distribution centre closer to the poor people who needed jobs - that's what Mike Ashley would do, because Mike Ashley isn't as daft as us, he doesn't waste time talking bks on the internet.

[FredClogs]

Scuffers said:

FredClogs said:

PRTVR said:

FredClogs said:

PRTVR said:

FredClogs said:

I wouldn't shop there myself, a mild case of claustrophobia gripped me once caught between some Lonsdale hoodies and a rack of cheap Donnay golf umbrellas and I've never been back.

But would the suggestion that staff are going to work with life threatening illnesses put anyone off shopping there or do we think that this is the price others have to pay in these times of austerity to enable us to get those all important vertically integrated brands we desire...?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34178412

From reports a lot of the employees in the warehouse were from abroad, one could argue that the free movement of labour has created this situation, a surplus of cheap labour allows companies to run close to the edge of legality, if there were less people available they would have to give better terms and conditions to keep the staff.

ha ha, yes indeed, perhaps - or maybe we shoudl just all be rich enough to not have to work in Sports Direct - that would work to?

Interesting, how do you make everybody in the EU rich enough not to need jobs in Sports Direct?

I was being sarcastic.

How do you tell someone "You're not allowed to go and work at that place that needs staff because you weren't born close enough to it, and by restricting your physical freedom we're able to create a false market with artificially high pricing"?

I tell you what Mike Ashley would do, he'd build his distribution centre closer to the poor people who needed jobs - that's what Mike Ashley would do, because Mike Ashley isn't as daft as us, he doesn't waste time talking bks on the internet.

Hold on a moment!

so you don't see the link between low pay and over-supply of cheap (migrant) labour as anything to do with this situation?

Really?

Lot's of things have something to do with this situation, including dogs, ambulances and vertical integration management in the retail supply chain, (I'd also be interested in what stake - if any - Mike and any associates have in the recruitment agency SD are contracted to if there is an Agency supplying 3000 workers to a single site), I'm not inclined to jump on immigrant labour as the source of all my angst and unhappiness with the world, some people do (you included apparently), that's your prerogative but you might be missing a bigger picture.