Tesco and the Unions

A couple of stories today about Tesco's attitude to unions. In the US, the Las Vegas Business Press reports that Tesco is planning to set up a non-unionised workforce. The paper quotes the Financial Times as saying,

'[Tesco is] advertising for human resources executives who would work to thwart union organizing and maintain "a union-free status".'

Meanwhile, in Scotland, the company is being accused in the Edinburgh Evening News of trying to break a strike by delivery drivers by paying other drivers £500 to drive through picket lines. The paper reports Tony Trench, Edinburgh regional officer for the T&G as saying,

"We think that this is an appalling way to do business - throwing large sums of money to get people to strike-break instead of sitting down and negotiating with us in an orderly fashion. We are humbly grateful to these guys who have turned down such large sums of money to support their comrades."

With actions like this, do we really want Tesco to employ more people in St Albans?

UPDATE: The Scotsman reports that many drivers are facing the sack as a result of the delivery dispute! From the comments at the end of the article, Tesco is not popular in Scotland at the moment!