GMB Union has described big retailers warning they will have to slash jobs if forced to pay a bit more tax as ‘utterly pathetic'.
Nadine Houghton, GMB National Officer, said:
“Multi billion pound businesses pleading poverty because they’re being made to pay more to support public services is utterly pathetic.
“Most of these companies’ fortunes are already subsidised by the tax payer - they pay very low wages which then have to be topped up by in work benefits.
“And some - for example Asda - have been systematically trousering fortunes made by underpaying women workers.
“It’s only right that they should now contribute a bit more to rebuilding our country.”
