Numbers on Zero Hours Contracts in UK grows by 47,323 to 744,442 in six months
The deal employers are offering workers is seriously decreased while workers often have little alternative but to accept what is on offer but workers are fighting back says GMB.
GMB commented on the latest ONS figures on contracts with no guaranteed hours - zero hour contracts - for April to June 2015. See notes to editors for new figures compared with data for October to December 2014 by region.
Paul Kenny, GMB General Secretary, said "The numbers of workers each week that have no guaranteed hours of work has grown by 47,323 to 744,442 in a six months period.
All across the economy the deal employers are offering workers is seriously decreased while workers often have little alternative but to accept what is on offer but workers are fighting back.
One example is at the ASOS depot in Barnsley where GMB members are campaigning for fixed hours. Another is the kitchens at Staverton Park Hotel near Daventry owned by the De Vere Group. GMB had to fight for permanent hours contracts for some of them who were on zero hour contracts for nearly four years. We have had similar problems with zero hours at Marks and Spencer depot in Swindon where members employed by an agency are campaigning for parity with permanent staff on fixed hours."
