Sainsbury's will shut ALL its supermarkets, 石油 駅/配置するs and convenience 蓄える/店s on ボクシング Day as a 'thank you' to its 170,000 staff
- Sainsbury's said that all its Argos and Habitat 蓄える/店s will also の近くに December 26?
- Follows the lead of 競争相手s 含むing Morrisons, Waitrose and 示すs and Spencer
- Challenging year for staff まっただ中に 在庫/株 不足s and angry anti-mask 顧客s
Sainsbury's has said it will keep all its 蓄える/店s shut this ボクシング Day as a 'thank you' to its 概略で 170,000 staff for seeing the company through the worst of the coronavirus pandemic.
The UK's second largest grocer will の近くに all of its supermarket, convenience 蓄える/店s and 石油 filling 駅/配置するs on December 26 - に引き続いて the lead of 競争相手s such as Morrisons, Waitrose. 示すs & Spencer, Aldi and Lidl.??
Sainsbury's 追加するd that all its Argos and Habitat 蓄える/店s will also remain shut for the day.
It comes after a challenging 18 months for 労働者s in the grocery 部門 which saw 蓄える/店 労働者s have to 施行する pandemic 規則s - often 主要な to 対決s with 積極的な 顧客s.
There has also been 現在進行中の 在庫/株 不足s 予定 to 供給(する) chain 問題/発行するs 原因(となる)d by Brexit and Covid, which has created a 不足 of around 100,000 HGV drivers.???
Sainsbury's will の近くに all of its supermarket, convenience 蓄える/店s and 石油 filling 駅/配置するs on December 26 - に引き続いて the lead of 競争相手s such as Morrisons, Waitrose and 示すs & Spencer
Simon Roberts, 長,指導者 (n)役員/(a)執行力のある of Sainsbury's, said: 'Christmas i s a really special time for so many, but because of lockdown 制限s last year, lots of us weren't able to celebrate in the way we 手配中の,お尋ね者' (とじ込み/提出する photo)
One 出来事/事件 in September last year saw a maskless 凶漢 attack a Co-op 労働者 after she asked him to wear a 直面する-covering, while in June a woman spat at a 安全 guard after 存在 排除する/(飛行機などから)緊急脱出するd for not wearing a 直面する covering.?
Sainsbury's said 上級の leaders at the 会社/堅い made the 決定/判定勝ち(する) after listening closely to 同僚s and 貿易(する) unions.
Simon Roberts, 長,指導者 (n)役員/(a)執行力のある of Sainsbury's, said: 'Christmas is a really special time for so many, but because of lockdown 制限s last year, lots of us weren't able to celebrate in the way we 手配中の,お尋ね者.
'In 承認 of this and to say a 大規模な thank you to all our 同僚s for everything they have done during the last challenging year, we will be の近くにing all of our supermarkets, convenience 蓄える/店s and 石油 filling 駅/配置するs, 同様に as Argos and Habitat 蓄える/店s, this ボクシング Day.
'I want to thank our 顧客s in 前進する for their understanding, which will mean as many of our team as possible can have a 井戸/弁護士席-deserved break to spend time with loved ones.'
米,稲 Lillis, general 長官 of the Usdaw 貿易(する) union, said: 'After discussions with Sainsbury's we very much welcome the company の近くにing all their 蓄える/店s on ボクシング Day this year, to give their staff a proper break over Christmas.
'The pandemic showed just how important shopworkers are to our society and communities, as they stepped up and kept 必須の services running throughout.
'重要な 労働者s have done so much this year and we don't think it is too much to ask to give them the longest possible break over the festive season.
'We now hope that other retailers will follow Sainsbury's lead, by の近くにing their 蓄える/店s on December 26 to help 労働者s enjoy their Christmas, give them a 井戸/弁護士席-deserved breather and make ボクシング Day special again.'
Sainsbury's 労働者 restocks empty 棚上げにするs of lettuce last week まっただ中に 現在進行中の 供給(する) chain 問題/発行するs
When the first lockdown was 課すd, the 政府 made supermarket staff '重要な 労働者s' as they tried to 戦う/戦い 巨大な panic buying across the country to keep 棚上げにするs 在庫/株d and the nation fed.?
Their importance was again brought 前線 and centre this summer when 棚上げにするs began to empty more again 予定 to the 影響s of the いわゆる 'pingdemic'.
Thousands of 労働者s were 警報d by the NHS Covid app that they had to 孤立する, meaning many supermarkets 直面するd desperate staff 不足s.
結局, it was agreed that up to 10,000 supermarket 供給(する) chain 労働者s would be 免除された from the 支配するs and able to continue working if they were fully vaccinated.
Last year, several 競争相手s agreed to give staff the day off to spend time with families and loved ones after one of the hardest years in 小売.
However Morrisons, Tesco and Sainsbury's were open on ボクシング Day last year, although some 申し込む/申し出d staff incentives to work.
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