Unlike their competitors, Asos has stayed open throughout the coronavirus helping them post over £30 million in profit.
Meanwhile their workers beg them to close, saying they are ‘like rats’ trapped in a ‘cradle of disease’.
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Last month fellow fashion retailer Next closed their online operation – nearby to Asos’s Barnsley warehouse – after a public backlash.
Neil Derrick, GMB Yorkshire Regional secretary said:
“While competitors have closed their doors where they could not keep their workers safe, Asos has seen coronavirus as a business opportunity and stayed open for a flash sale.
“That’s helped them to post extravagant profits over £30 million.
“But while the fat cats take the profits the people who keep their empire afloat are risking their safety.
"This is hardly ethical business -putting profits before people.
“Asos need to do the decent thing - if it can’t keep people safe it must close its doors and take advantage of the Government’s 80% furlough scheme. Today’s results show that Asos can more than afford to top this up.
“The company says they want to do the right thing – now is the time to actually do it. ”
