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TUC: 'No place to hide' warning over exploitation TUC: 'No place to hide' warning over exploitation
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The TUC is set to warn companies that there will be "no hiding place" if they exploit their workers. The TUC has warned companies that there will be "no hiding place" if they exploit their workers.
General secretary Frances O'Grady will tell delegates at its annual conference in Brighton that mistreatment is becoming more widespread in the UK. General secretary Frances O'Grady told delegates at its annual conference in Brighton that mistreatment is becoming more widespread in the UK.
She is set to warn "greedy" businesses that her organisation would "shine a light on you". She warned "greedy" businesses that her organisation would "shine a light on you".
This comes amid a renewed focus by trade unionists on improving conditions for workers. This comes amid a renewed focus by trade unions on improving conditions for workers.
The TUC said the type of working practices "typified" by Sports Direct, which has been under fire for the treatment of its staff, were becoming more widespread. The TUC said the type of working practices "typified" by Sports Direct, which has been under fire for the treatment of its staff, was becoming more widespread.
Last week, the retailer pledged to improve conditions after the sportswear chain's lawyers produced a critical report of how some staff were treated. "Sports Direct may be in the spotlight now, but they are not the only ones. There are other big companies that bring shame on our country. So let me give fair warning to any greedy business that treats its workers like animals - we will shine a light on you," Ms O'Grady told delegates.
"Run a big brand with a dirty little secret? A warehouse of people paid less than the minimum wage? A fleet of couriers who are slaves to an app? Let me put you on notice. There will be no hiding place. We will organise and we will win," she said.
'Fair treatment''Fair treatment'
Last week, Sports Direct promised to improve conditions after the sportswear chain's lawyers produced a critical report of how some staff were treated.
MPs had previously said working practices at the Shirebrook warehouse in Derbyshire were closer to "that of a Victorian workhouse than that of a modern High Street retailer".MPs had previously said working practices at the Shirebrook warehouse in Derbyshire were closer to "that of a Victorian workhouse than that of a modern High Street retailer".
Ms O'Grady will say that the firm's promise to abolish zero-hours contracts for its directly employed, casual retail staff - and to make sure all staff were paid above the national minimum wage - was down to "trade union shareholder power". Ms O'Grady said the firm's promise to abolish zero-hours contracts for its directly employed, casual retail staff - and to make sure all staff were paid above the national minimum wage - was down to "trade union shareholder power".
"Britain's unions will not rest until every worker gets the fair treatment they deserve," she will say. "Britain's unions will not rest until every worker gets the fair treatment they deserve," she said.
The TUC general secretary earlier praised the actions of pub chain Wetherspoons which said it would now allow all staff on zero-hours contracts to move to ones that provided guaranteed minimum hours after trialling the idea in parts of the business. The TUC general secretary earlier praised the actions of pub chain Wetherspoons which said it would now allow all staff on zero-hours contracts to move to ones that provided guaranteed minimum hours after trialling the idea in parts of the business.
"The success of the Wetherspoons trial proves that businesses can be successful without zero-hours contracts," she said."The success of the Wetherspoons trial proves that businesses can be successful without zero-hours contracts," she said.