Jordan was victimised by British supermarket giant Tesco in Inverness, Scotland during the first year of the pandemic for speaking out against management’s cover-up of a COVID-19 infection. This is an edited version of his written statement to the Global Workers’ Inquest.
When the COVID-19 mitigation regulations initially came into place, most staff in the store where I worked wore personal protective equipment (PPE), and in some departments, screens were fitted at checkouts to keep staff safe. Although staff were equipped with face masks if they didn’t have their own, they weren’t properly trained in usage or disposal.
Social distancing was enforced amongst staff for the first couple of months after the pandemic began. However, it seemed as if the concept of social distancing was used more as an excuse for management to stop workers from chatting when they could have been working instead.
My role at Tesco was a Personal Shopper, which meant I was responsible for picking customers’ home shopping (when they ordered online) and taking their items to the loading vans. I was always under a strict time limit to get my job done. I made as much effort as I could to keep my distance from colleagues and customers, which meant that sometimes I was behind schedule, but I preferred to keep myself and others safe.
Management decided that overtime would only be given to those who exceeded time limits [for fulfilling online orders]. Tesco had eradicated most full-time contracts a couple...
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