Tesco Value Staff

It’s time to exercise my rights

Tesco Value Staff - well not too much if they happen to be sub-contracted in Malaysia at around 8p per hour!

I suppose I ought to be shocked that Britain’s favourite grocer (who are about to embark on transforming the face of South Tyneside) should be profiting so greatly at the expense of it’s staff in the far eastern markets.

“Doing business in some overseas markets can be challenging as local laws and customs sometimes appear to conflict with the high expectations we have here in the UK and elsewhere in the international community”

said a Tesco spokesperson.

No doubt it is, no doubt it is, but is it too difficult to control the recruitment process and cut out the middle men making a nice profit for themselves? You don’t seem to have the same problems at your Simonside store in South Shields!

The libertarian view would say that these Malaysian workers should simply leave and seek employment elsewhere, I take it they have a reasonably free labour market where they can sell their skills to the highest bidder.

Similarly, I can take my ethical free market views and transform them into direct consumer activity, therefore whilst and during the period that I consider Tesco to be enjoying rather larger than normal profits, I will shop at some other supermarket of my choice - there are others in South Shields and Jarrow, you know.