http://www.organicfoodee.com/news/2007/07/johnmackey.html Your organic food and organic lifestyle magazine Sat, 17 May 2008 12:43:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.organicfoodee.com/news/2007/07/johnmackey.html#comment-1534 rahodeb Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:44:55 +0000 Somewhere in America, word gets out that the country's top natural foods grocer is setting up shop. Soon property prices start to rocket. Once it's built, the Croc-wearing, Audi-driving "soccer moms" arrive, happy to pay over the odds for organically prod#comment-1534 Breaking news: Whole Food employees from the United States have been directed by David Lannon, Regional President overseeing the London Whole Foods Market, to lie to British government officials in order to avoid paying the £2000 (US$4000) per employee work permit fee. There are many Whole Foods Market employees from the States who have come to work at the London store. The penalty is £5000 (US$10000) per offense. Someone is going to be sacked over this one. This issue is currently under investigation. Wait until the trade unions get hold of this tidbit and turn it into a political football. With Whole Foods' adamant anti-union stance, this situation can only hurt the company in the UK, a bastion of trade unions. Breaking news: Whole Food employees from the United States have been directed by David Lannon, Regional President overseeing the London Whole Foods Market, to lie to British government officials in order to avoid paying the £2000 (US$4000) per employee work permit fee. There are many Whole Foods Market employees from the States who have come to work at the London store. The penalty is £5000 (US$10000) per offense. Someone is going to be sacked over this one. This issue is currently under investigation. Wait until the trade unions get hold of this tidbit and turn it into a political football. With Whole Foods’ adamant anti-union stance, this situation can only hurt the company in the UK, a bastion of trade unions.

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