{"id":9035,"date":"2016-06-17T11:22:55","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T10:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=9035"},"modified":"2016-06-17T11:22:55","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T10:22:55","slug":"stand-and-deliver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=9035","title":{"rendered":"Stand and deliver!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Unite Community in Chesterfield staged on Monday (June 13) a protest outside the offices of Best Connection, one of two employment agencies that supplies Sports Direct with labour.<\/p>\n

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Singing a specially adapted version of \u00e2\u20ac\u0098Stand and Deliver\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, the campaigners were led by Dick Turpin and his faithful mare, Black Bess through the streets of Chesterfield to The Best Connection offices in the town, where volunteers were held up by Dick Turpin and robbed of their wages.<\/p>\n

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The protest aimed to shed light on the exploitative practices of employment agencies.<\/p>\n

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For example, Unite revealed last week<\/a> that some workers employed by agencies at Sports Direct receive their wages through pre-paid debit cards.<\/p>\n

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Costing \u00c2\u014110 to get, workers are charged \u00c2\u014110 a month in \u00e2\u20ac\u0098administrative fees\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 for the card, as well as 75 pence for cash withdrawals.<\/p>\n

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Watch Unite’s exclusive film of Monday’s protest below:<\/p>\n