{"id":13158,"date":"2017-09-01T10:44:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T09:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=13158"},"modified":"2017-09-04T13:14:43","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T12:14:43","slug":"emoji-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=13158","title":{"rendered":"‘Emoji con’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The use of touchpads with happy and sad faces to gauge worker satisfaction at Sport Direct\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s warehouse in Shirebrook was branded an \u00e2\u20ac\u0098emoji con\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 by Unite today (September 1).<\/p>\n

 
\nUnite understands that finger recognition technology is being used, with workers asked to touch a happy or sad emoji as they clock in to indicate whether they feel they are treated with respect.<\/p>\n

 
\nAccording to Unite, workers selecting the sad face are asked if they are sure. If they are, pressing the sad emoji again results in the worker being called in by management to discuss why they pressed it.<\/p>\n

 
\nIn a warehouse where approximately 3,500 workers are on insecure temporary agency contracts, the revelation throws into question Sports Direct\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s claims that the majority of warehouse workers feel they are treated with respect.<\/p>\n

 
\nUnite believes such claims are \u00e2\u20ac\u0098bogus\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 because the survey lacks anonymity and workers are fearful of being labelled a \u00e2\u20ac\u0098trouble maker\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and losing their job.<\/p>\n

 
\nCampaigners will hit the streets of Nottingham tomorrow (September 2) ahead of the Sports Direct\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s annual general meeting in Shirebrook next week. Using emojis, members of the public will be asked whether they think temporary agency warehouse workers and Sports Direct store staff are treated with respect. The emoji themed event outside Nottingham\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Sports Direct store on Clumber Street (NG1 3GA) starts at 11am.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThere are still approximately 3,500 agency workers at Sports Direct\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Shirebrook warehouse, the vast majority on contracts that guarantee no more than 336 hours a year,” said Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner.<\/p>\n

 
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bPut yourself in their shoes. Would you risk having hours withheld, possibly losing your job and being called in by management because you indicated dissatisfaction with your work environment?<\/p>\n

 
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nothing short of an emoji con and a bogus exercise to gloss over past failures and some of the problems which still persist in the warehouse,” he argued.<\/p>\n

 
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWith reports from agency workers of crowded aisles, defective warehouse equipment and products staked dangerously high, we know that health and safety is still a major cause for concern.<\/p>\n

 
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe also know that meagre promises to move temporary agency workers onto permanent contracts with Sports Direct are not being met and that the process is often down to who you know rather than length of service or ability.<\/p>\n

 
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bGimmicks like using emojis do not escape the fact that Sports Direct\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reliance on thousands of insecure agency workers still poses a reputational risk or that many are still owed money for non-payment of the minimum wage,” Turner added.<\/p>\n

 
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bSports Direct still has a long way to go to clean its act up and risks the charge of \u00e2\u20ac\u0098business as usual\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 until it makes temporary agency workers direct permanent employees.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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