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Sainsbury's and Argos proposed closures and relocations - Usdaw is seeking urgent talks
25 September 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is seeking urgent meetings with the management of Sainsbury’s and Argos, seeking further details on today’s announcement of store closures and relocations.
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Wombwell town centre will host an Usdaw 'Save our Shops' campaign day
24 September 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw will be speaking to shoppers in Wombwell town centre as part of a ‘Save our Shops’ campaign day tomorrow. The union is running an ongoing UK-wide campaign to tackle the growing retail crisis on our high streets.
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Usdaw welcomes Jeremy Corbyn's promises to revive our high streets, tackle low pay and give worker more rights
24 September 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis has welcomed Jeremy Corbyn’s wide-ranging speech to Labour’s annual conference in Brighton today. Among the many issues he covered, the Labour leader outlined a comprehensive package of policies to benefit working people who are struggling to make ends meet and promised to “revive the high streets that are the centres of our communities”.
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Paddy Lillis calls on Labour Conference to back the Usdaw 'Save our Shops' campaign
24 September 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis has called on the Labour Party Conference in Brighton to back Usdaw’s ‘Save our Shops’ campaign and for the next Labour Government to take urgent action to tackle the crisis on our high streets.
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Paddy Lillis addresses the Co-op 'Safer Communities, Safer Shopworkers' fringe meeting at Labour conference in Brighton
23 September 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis has today addressed a fringe meeting at Labour conference in Brighton, jointly organised by The Co-op Group and the Co-operative Party, looking at ‘safer communities, safer shopworkers’.
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Former Co-op Travel staff now in Thomas Cook are devastated by today's news says Usdaw
23 September 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw represents staff in Thomas Cook who were transferred when the Co-op sold their travel business in 2011.
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Ending in-work poverty would be one of Labour's greatest achievements says Usdaw
23 September 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has welcomed John McDonnell’s commitment to end in-work poverty within Labour’s first term of office. The commitment made today at Labour’s annual conference in Brighton delivers on the aims of Usdaw’s ‘Time for Better Pay’ campaign.
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Usdaw backs Labour's Ministry for Employment Rights to tackle insecure work and poverty pay
23 September 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has today called for wide-ranging improvements to employment rights to help workers struggling to make ends because of insecure work and low pay.
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Usdaw welcomes RS Components of Corby committing to the TUC's Dying to Work Charter
23 September 2019
Following negotiations with Usdaw, RS Components has added their name to a Trades Union Congress (TUC) charter aimed at helping employees who become terminally ill at work.
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Prescription charges to be abolished under Labour - Usdaw backs the policy to help struggling low-paid workers
22 September 2019
Retail trade union Usdaw has backed today’s announcement by Johnathan Ashworth MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Health, that the next labour Government will abolish prescription charges in England, as they already are in the rest of the UK.