Pictured is Sports Direct chief Mike Ashley, flanked by police and the press after today’s (June 6) select committee hearing where he was grilled by MPs. Pic by Mark Thomas
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Before the hearing
Pictured is Sports Direct chief Mike Ashley, smiling outside the Red Lion pub on his way to the parliamentary BIS select committee hearing on workplace practices at the sports clothing firm. …Read more…
Shares tumble after Ashley’s ‘own goal’ comment
Sports Direct billionaire owner Mike Ashely has claimed that the scrutiny of his company’s practices are damaging its sales at the expense of profit. Shares had already more than halved since…Read more…
Ashley: Contempt charges
Billionaire Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley faces contempt of parliament charges if he now fails to turn up to face MPs on June 7. MPs investigating mistreatment of his workers wish to…Read more…
Wanted: Mike Ashley – Is this high noon for Sports Direct?
A showdown is brewing between billionaire Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley, and MPs investigating mistreatment of workers in his sportswear empire. The BIS Select Committee have been trying to…Read more…
Sports Direct falls from FTSE 100
After concerted campaigning from Unite and several media investigations revealing draconian working conditions at the retail giant’s Shirebrook warehouse, Sports Direct has fallen out of the FTSE 100…Read more…
Sports Direct: Unite’s ‘have a heart’ plea
Unite campaigners will be handing in a giant Valentine’s card and a 20,000 strong petition at Sport Direct’s headquarters tomorrow (February 13), calling on the retailer to ‘have a heart’ by putting…Read more…
We won’t let up
Pressure has mounted against Sports Direct, as Unite community and young members again escalated their campaign in Scotland at the weekend. They took their message to thousands of football…Read more…
‘Reject Sports Direct’
Unite Scotland community and young members ramped up their action against Sports Direct at the weekend (January 30 and 31) in a campaign that’s calling for decent work for all. Members…Read more…
Banner headline
Following the unfurling of the #SportsDirectShame banner at the Newcastle United versus Manchester United football match last night (January 12) Unite Community members continued to campaign…Read more…
Sports Direct shame
Last night (January 12) Unite Community members and Newcastle United fans pulled off a mighty stunt together in protest over Sports Directs’ shameful treatment of its workforce. Fans unfurled…Read more…
Sports Direct: Proper hours and wages call
Two Labour MPs – Gloria De Piero for Ashfield, and Bolsover’s Dennis Skinner, today (Friday January 8) called on Sports Direct to end abusive work practices at its warehouse in Shirebrook,…Read more…
Sports Direct faces Christmas under pressure
The good news is we may be seeing the first signs of movement at Sports Direct. The bad news is that it is still not enough.Read more…
Investigate now call
A co-ordinated inquiry should be launched to investigate serious allegations about pay and working practices at Sports Direct, MPs who are Unite members have said. Undercover reporters from…Read more…
End ‘Victorian’ work practices
A review by Mike Ashley into the use of agency workers at Sports Direct will be nothing more than a public relations stunt if it fails to end ‘Victorian’ work practices at the retailer’s Shirebrook…Read more…
Tip of the iceberg
Following a damning investigation by the Guardian into Sports Direct’s employment practices, which found that the retail giant may be paying its workers less than the minimum wage, £400m was wiped…Read more…
Take action together
Unite’s Decent Work for All campaign is about dignity at work. It’s about receiving a wage you can live on with guaranteed hours each week in a job that is safe and secure. Given these aims,…Read more…
Sports Direct in denial following undercover probe
A Guardian undercover investigation has revealed more shameful practices at Sports Direct, including evidence that many of its warehouse staff take home less than the legal minimum wage.Read more…
‘Dickensian’ work conditions
Imagine working on the statutory minimum wage, now set at £6.70 per hour – well below what’s needed to meet basic expenses in the first place – only to discover you aren’t getting paid even this…Read more…
Roar justice
‘Paws’ the lion, Unite East Midlands Community mascot, today (Wednesday October 15) had his first outing at Chesterfield magistrates’ court. He joined campaigners highlighting Sports Direct’s…Read more…