To think we should all boycott John Lewis until they respect their female employees

Yet another reason not to into JL. There is a large one in a nearby city but it is usually empty.

Poor choice, poor customer service, dogs sniffing round the clothes (I have never seen registered guide dogs do that), and now further erosion of women's rights.

I am sorry if women will lose their job but they need to lobby their bosses, en mass, about having to share toilets etc with males.

I'm already boycotting John Lewis since their advert where a young boy trashed the house and his Mother and sister's things and for their mixed sex changing rooms.
I'm also boycotting M&S for mixed sex changing rooms and toilets and the awful pervy reviews of women's underwear on their website.

You will need to abandon the high street and every single public service, too, because not a single one excludes trans women from women’s loos.

John Lewis, like every single other major high street retailer does not ban trans women from women’s loos. You will have to boycott every single one of them. Good luck with that.

I'll boycott because I'm still going everywhere with a relatively small child and I don't want to shop anywhere a K Dolatowski would be welcomed in the women's toilets. My child's safeguarding comes first.

I also feel strongly about religious women and children being excluded by these policies or any woman who needs a single sex space being deceived into the trauma of realizing they're sharing a space with a man without their consent.

The retail environment is devastated already. The high street is decimated because people shop online, exacerbated by Covid. Whatever stores are left simply have a mishmash of labels, so shopping online has no preference or loyalty now.

We have a JL Home at a nearby retail park and, as a PP said, it’s like tumbleweed in there. There’s no one to advise on products, in fact very few staff at all.

Everyone knows that assistance dogs are exempt from restrictions, but I don’t want pets in retail outlets either.

With their recent stance, as outlined by their ex employee, it surely can’t be long before they hit the skids too.

Why would i care who John lewis lets into which toilet?

Unfortunately John Lewis is morphing away from it's winning formula.
It will go the way of other large dept stores.
I don't agree with them forcing females to share like this esp after the case in Scotland.

Is JL unionised? It's a partnership so doesn't have employees, so far as I'm aware.

Good idea. Maybe tweeting them too if you feel strongly. I think they have a tweeter.

Exactly. Boycotting a company that employs so many people (and is struggling already) is basically telling the women who work for the company that you'd rather they lose their jobs @Lovelyview

If you want to support them, write to the company instead of taking action that may mean they lose their jobs.

I will happily boycott. Its shameful that they are allowing this.

That’s because JL look after their male employees.

No, just pets. My colleague took her dog to see Father Christmas last year (she does have a toddler too :) but couldn't find anyone to look after the dog. So instead of her partner waiting outside with the dog/taking it to one of the many parks in London they took it into the shop).

I am with the pp - dogs do not belong in department stores.

And male bodied people do not belong in toilets for female bodied people. JL shops are big enough to have a few unisex toilets and changing rooms.

Whilst I understand you are upset about this, John Lewis is a major employer and retailer. If they have to close it will be devastating for the retail environment. We've lost debehams. I don't know how long house of Fraser is going to last, bhs - gone.

This is a dispute between employees/union and JL. Not my fight.🤷‍♀️

John Lewis is a disgrace. And to think it's chaired by a woman! She's soon to be leaving, though. All credit to the employee / partner for her passion and commitment in speaking out and protesting on behalf of women.

The writing on is on the wall for this company anyway..might survive online but I think we’ll see all stores close in the next few years.

What, like guide dogs for the blind or other disabilities?

This is my local store. I don't care enough to stop shopping there. Maybe if I felt uncomfortable in the changing rooms, although they are always well (wo) manned with staff.

I already boycott them as they allow dogs in.