Internal strife at M&S

Wednesday, 27th August 2008

Marks & Spencer has suspended a whistle blower who revealed the retailer’s plans to cut redundancy terms for more than 60,000 staff. Unsurprisingly, Stuart Rose and his senior managers are facing an angry backlash from staff over the plans.

And it's not just M&S staff who are angry. Paul Kenny, general secretary of the GMB union representing the whistle blower, told The Times: "Why do people at the bottom get the sack on the cheap while the top bosses get large payouts even when they leave having messed up?"  

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