"Asda staff given extra week to sign new contract or lose jobs", 4 November 2019

The company has extended its deadline for workers to sign the new contract...until Sunday 10 November.

Staff had originally been given until Saturday 2 November to sign its controversial “contract 6” or be dismissed from their roles...

...A spokesperson for the retailer said fewer than 300 people had not agreed to the new terms...“...we’re pleased that almost 120,000 of our retail colleagues are now working on the same contract, with the same terms and conditions..."...

...Gary Carter, national officer at the GMB union, said: “...a seven-day delay won’t change the fact that people – often women workers with kids, caring responsibilities or other part-time jobs – simply can’t sign up to these new terms.”