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Asda Employment Practices

EDM number 238 in 2014-15, proposed by Gerald Kaufman on 08/07/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Companies, Employment and Industrial relations.

That this House condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the tyrannical employment practices of Asda, whose branch in Longsight, Manchester, has bullied and bludgeoned a staff member, a constituent of the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, for more than two years, placing his livelihood in jeopardy throughout this period, subjecting him to intolerable pressure and blatantly violating their own employment procedures; in particular condemns Allan Edwards, Asda Director of Public Affairs, who, in correspondence with the right hon. Member over a prolonged period, has procrastinated and dodged in order to fob off extremely justified concerns; and calls on the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills to investigate these immoral thugs, who clearly believe that they are immune from decency because of the company's huge wealth.

This motion has been signed by a total of 11 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Gerald Kaufman08/07/2014Manchester, GortonLabourProposed
John McDonnell08/07/2014Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
Alan Meale09/07/2014MansfieldLabourSeconded
Jim Dobbin09/07/2014Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Steve Rotheram09/07/2014Liverpool, WaltonLabourSeconded
Jim Sheridan09/07/2014Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSeconded
Virendra Sharma09/07/2014Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
George Galloway10/07/2014Bradford WestRespectSigned
Mary Glindon10/07/2014North TynesideLabourSigned
Paul Flynn14/07/2014Newport WestLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner15/07/2014BolsoverLabourSigned

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