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ONLINE fashion retailer Net-A-Porter was accused of putting lives at risk yesterday by refusing to close its south London warehouse during the coronavirus crisis.
GMB said that the retailer was “putting fashion before lives” in order to maintain its profits.
The union said that it was impossible for the 550 workers at the warehouse in Charlton to maintain “social distancing” — keeping a space of at least two metres between individuals to avoid infection.
GMB organiser Mary Stump said: “The company are quite simply putting fashion before lives.
“This is a company with a turnover of more than £700 million, yet they insist on putting the whims of customers before the safety of their workforce.
“Now is not the time for us to be focusing on sending out expensive fashion items to people who can’t leave the house if it means workers are being exposed to needless contamination — not to mention the risk to Net-A-Porter customers.”