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A UNION representing workers at Tesco’s Czech business warned yesterday that it could strike after management announced the closure of two stores.
The company said it was closing a hypermarket in Usti nad Labem, while another store in the capital Prague would also go.
Union official Ivan Predinsky said 102 jobs were on the line in the country, where Tesco employs about 13,500 people.
The union had few details on Tesco’s plans and was concerned that more cuts could be on the cards following cost reduction measures announced by the company.
“It can be a signal that this is the first part of what can happen,” Mr Predinsky said.
“We don’t have sufficient information from England.”
He added that the cuts might also affect Tesco’s businesses in Slovakia, Hungary or Poland.
Tesco said on Monday that it would close 13 shops in Hungary to protect its profitability.
