Weekend work | Wilko employees to strike over 'brutal' new rotas

As soon as it hits Monday, most employees are counting the days until its Friday again so they can down tools, spend time with their family and catch-up with friends over a coffee in the park. Not only is a break away from work good for productivity, it gives employees time to recharge the batteries so that they walk into the office on Monday morning feeling refreshed.

However, 1,500 Wilko employees will stage a walk-out in protest over a “brutal” new system which has proposed seven-day rota schedules – The Mirror reported.

The new schedule purposes that two warehouses – one in Wales and one in Nottinghamshire – will run weekend operations to help meet increasing consumer demands.

Staff at the distribution centres have voted in favour of striking over Wilko’s ‘standardised’ seven-day working schedules at the two centres. GMB Union, who is representing Wilko staff, claim that this walk-out will disrupt deliveries across the UK.