As the UK chain’s owner prepares to take over Barnes & Noble, the staff who had pressed for better pay say they resigned due to low wages
Five Waterstones booksellers who delivered a petition to head office calling for the introduction of a living wage in April have all now resigned, citing low pay and pressure as reasons for their departure.
The news comes in the week that Waterstones’ owner, the investment firm Elliott Advisors, completes its acquisition of US book chain Barnes & Noble in a $683m (£566m) deal. Waterstones chief executive and managing director James Daunt will become chief executive of the 627-branch Barnes & Noble, while also heading up 293 Waterstones shops.
If sitting with the MD for several hours trying to get our point across doesn’t make things better, nothing’s going to
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