@waitrose@JohnLewisRetail Dear Team
Can you please advise if the news reports are true and you plan on removing the word ‘feminine’ from female products? I will no longer be using my local Waitrose or ordering anything online form John Lewis until you confirm.
In a now-deleted X post on Sunday night, Natalie Fleet MP, Labour's minister for the Safeguarding of Women, had written: “Nigel Farage and his gang of binmen get the same security as the rest of us. Sick of the faux outrage.'
A Letter from a Telegraph reader in response :
'Quite apart from this ghastly woman‘s comments about ‘faux outrage‘, to use the term ‘bin men‘ in such a derogatory fashion says a great deal about her attitude to normal folk who actually work for a living, which is more than can be said for the likes of her.'
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@graceloveslace3 No, I don’t want him sacked. I want his and ideas challenged and I want the misogyny and violence exposed for all to see. But I don’t want people sacked for saying unpleasant things.
@andyburnham This is how you’re going to be for the next 3 years isn’t it? We’re not your mates and you are about to become leader of one of the most important countries in the world. Start fucking rising to the occasion mate.
I worked for Waitrose for 25 years. In the final years, the company installed sanitary product dispensers in the men’s toilets and allowed men who identified as trans even without any surgery into the women’s changing rooms and toilets.
Many female staff, especially the younger women, came to me as I was a Councillor and Rep in distress. They felt uncomfortable and threatened. In one branch, a man was permitted to use and shave in the women’s changing rooms while young girls were getting changed and it was no secret he abused the power he was given because he said he was trans to get away with anything he wished as he knew he was untouchable as he quite often told everyone.
This is the same company that has now decided “not all people who have periods are women” and dropped “feminine” from their sanitary products.
Waitrose didn’t just ignore women’s boundaries they actively removed them. They prioritised the feelings of men over the safety, privacy and dignity of female staff and customers.
After 25 years on the inside, I can tell you this isn’t inclusion. It’s ideology and virtue signalling. Women who spoke out were silenced, intimidated, and sacked just as I was.
The female staff who actually work there are paying the price while being told to stay quiet or be sacked if they speak out.
@sharrond62@waitrose They won’t get another penny from me. Chief Executives need to understand women are the majority and we do not plan on sharing our identity with men.