You’re betraying your Quaker roots: fury at Clarks’ ‘fire and rehire’ plan
by Tom Wall from on (#5QSYQ)
The shoe firm was founded in Street in Somerset in 1825. Now workers there are on strike and feel a proud history is being erased
Warehouse workers for Clarks have accused the 200-year-old shoemaker of betraying its philanthropic roots by threatening them with the sack if they don't accept significant pay cuts.
More than 100 staff in Clarks' main distribution centre in Street, Somerset, where the brand was founded by two Quaker brothers in the 19th century, claim the firm is seeking to cut their wages by almost 15% from the average of 11.16 an hour to 9.50 an hour by using controversial fire and rehire tactics.
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