A major British retailer has been accused of “putting lives at risk” by offering minimal protection for staff on the shopfloor. A number of staff at the Range, which has 175 stores open across the UK, have told openDemocracy that the company has “prioritised profits over people”.
In March, the UK government ordered all non-essential shops to close. The Range, which was founded by billionaire Chris Dawson and is controlled offshore, sells mainly garden and homeware with a limited amount of frozen food in some stores.
Speaking to openDemocracy, staff have accused the Range of failing to implement social distancing within stores until recent days and criticised what they say is the aggressive selling of non-essential items.
