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TUC LGBT Conference 2017 - Usdaw championing the rights of transgender workers
05 July 2017
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has a delegation of members and officials attending the Trade Union Congress annual conference for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workers.
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No room for racism - conference backs the Usdaw campaign against prejudice
30 April 2017
Usdaw’s Annual Delegate Meeting (ADM) has today supported the Executive Council Statement - Campaigning Against Racism and Prejudice.
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Usdaw President opens the 2017 Annual Delegate Meeting
30 April 2017
Shopworkers’ trade union President Jeff Broome today opened Usdaw’s 71st Annual Delegate Meeting at the historic Winter Gardens in Blackpool.
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Usdaw calls for good health and safety for all on International Workers’ Memorial Day
28 April 2017
Today is International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) when the trade union and labour movement commemorates all those who have been killed by workplace accidents and disease. For IWMD 2017, the international trade union movement has decided on the theme ‘Good health and safety for all workers – whoever they are’.
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Usdaw takes challenging racism and hatred to the TUC Black Workers' Conference
06 April 2017
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is raising growing concerns about racism in the workplace at tomorrow’s TUC Black Workers’ Conference, which takes place at Congress House in London and concludes on Sunday.
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Usdaw welcomes Labour's Mother's Day campaign to tackle maternity discrimination
24 March 2017
Shopworkers’ trade union leader John Hannett has welcomed a Labour Party campaign to tackle maternity discrimination. It will be launched on Mother's Day, Sunday 26 March, by Sarah Champion MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities.
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Usdaw joins calls for British Sign Language to get the same recognition as other languages
20 March 2017
Shopworkers’ trade union leader John Hannett has joined calls for British Sign Language (BSL) to given the same legal status as other British languages and for it to be included on the national curriculum for schools.
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Stand up to racism - Usdaw supports the national demonstrations on UN Anti-Racism Day
16 March 2017
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is proudly supporting the national demonstrations against racism in Cardiff, Glasgow and London on the United Nations Anti-Racism Day, Saturday 18 March 2017.
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Usdaw marks International Women's Day by continuing the fight for equality and against discrimination
08 March 2017
Today is International Women’s Day and Usdaw delegates are gathering with other trade unionists for the TUC Women’s Conference at Congress House to promote equality and fight discrimination.
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Mary Macarthur, an Usdaw heroine, is honoured with a blue plaque by English Heritage
07 March 2017
English Heritage has today unveiled a new blue plaque to Mary Macarthur, a champion for working women in the first half of the 20th century who spearheaded the campaign for equal pay.