Unite set for legal battle over drivers supplying Co-op stores
The union Unite is set to take legal action against an employment agency supplying drivers for Co-op supermarkets over the use of “bogus self-employment” practices which it says are resulting in pay differences of nearly £3 an hour.
The move to prepare employment tribunal cases by Unite’s strategic case unit follows a refusal by the Co-op to end the exploitation of agency drivers on Co-op contracts.
Agency Drivers Network (ADR) is the Co-op’s preferred agency and provides drivers across the country to the ethical retail... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
