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31st August 2006
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resco's north Manchester iistribution warehouse has been 3acked — allegedly because he spoke up about how his colleagues were being exploited at work.

Adam Gietkowski's comments an how agency workers at the Middleton depot are poorly paid and treated were reported in the Laity Mail. Ile was dismissed won after and the T&G union aelieves the two events are linked. But his employer, the Driving Edge agency, refutes the union's allegations.

Previously, the union claimed Gietkowski was suspended from work after speaking out about the treatment of his fellow workers; now it plans to take his case to the Employment Tribunal, The union has described the n-catment of its shop steward as -disgraceful and unacceptable": it is calling on Tesco and Wincanton —which runs the depot on behalf of the supermarket giant —10 do something about the situation. Tesco has previously said it will investigate.

The union is demanding a meeting with Tesco and Wineanton within the next seven days to sort the problem out. A spokesman warns: "If such a meeting doesn't take place,we'll take the campaign to Tesco's customers in the UK, Poland and Ireland to ask for their support"

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