Tesco now controls over 30% of the grocery market in the UK. In 2009, the supermarket chain announced profits of over £3bn. Growing evidence indicates that Tesco's success is partly based on trading practices that are having serious consequences for suppliers, farmers and workers worldwide, local shops and the environment. Read our demands

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UNI reports reveal Tesco’s labour practices abroad
An international network of unions, under the umbrella of the UNI Tesco Global Union Alliance, published the first of a series of research reports concerning Tesco’s labour relations practices in a number of countries on the 30th June. The reports on Tesco - in Thailand, South Korea and the USA – were drafted in response to complaints from unions about local employment practices there. The reports conclude that Tesco’s employment practices in these countries fall short of Tesco’s published global labour principles to which it is committed in its public policies. The reports can be downloaded at www.tescounionalliance.org

Consultation on new supermarket Watchdog ends
The National Farmers Union (NFU) and ActionAid took out a full page ad in The Times on the 26th May to highlight the fact that the 11 largest UK supermarkets hade until the 28th May to sign up to a new supermarket Ombudsman. So far only Waitrose, Marks & Spencer and Aldi have said they do not oppose regulation. Please see http://www.nfuonline.com/x38722.xml / http://www.actionaid.org.uk/101873/advert_urges_retailers_to_sign_up_to_supermarket_ombudsman.html

Tesco "breaking promise" to South African fruit pickers
On the 15th May the Guardian reported that War on Want and ActionAid have accused Tesco of breaking a pledge to improve the pay and working conditions of South African fruit pickers. Read more in the Guardian.