Brewdog, Wetherspoons & COVID-19: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
With pubs closed there still remains the issue of what those who run them do during the crisis.
As might be expected Tim Martin of Wetherspoons is leading the way with the bad behaviour.
The Bakers Union (BFAWU) which organises in the pub company has pointed out that Martin doesn’t plan to pay any Wetherspoons workers until the Government subsidy of wages starts at the end of April. He appears to have told them to see if there are jobs at Tesco (who are hiring). If they are they might well stay since Tesco recognises trade unions and is already a huge employer in the UK.
Brewdog who do pay the living wage but don’t recognise unions may or may not be treating their employees more decently (Ive seen no word on that beyond reports that those on probation had been laid off)but they have led the way on social responsibility.
Last week they publicised the production of free hand sanitiser. This week co-founder James Watt has tweeted about what their delivery vans have been up to. Of course its all good publicity but in times like these there are much worse things- see Tim Martin
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Starting today, we are using our trucks & drivers to do home deliveries of school lunches to those in isolation in our local community. For free.
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