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Labour commitment to empower councils to 'save our shops' is welcomed by Usdaw
16 August 2019
Shopworkers trade union Usdaw has welcomed today’s announcement by Labour to give councils the power to reopen abandoned shops to “revive Britain’s struggling high streets”.
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Usdaw welcomes retailers working together to lobby the Government for business rate reform
13 August 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has welcomed a letter to the Chancellor, signed by over 50 retailers calling the Government to fix the "broken" business rates system. The Union’s own Industrial Strategy for Retail calls for the Government to commit to providing a fair, proportionate and modern business rates system that works for all sectors.
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Usdaw's response to Tesco statement
05 August 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw, who represent over 160,000 Tesco staff, will be immediately entering into collective consultation with the company and is calling for government action to tackle the crisis in retail.
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Government needs to do more to 'save our shops' - Usdaw disappointed with today's response to a parliamentary debate on the retail crisis
10 July 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw remains disappointed that the Government didn’t offer more help to a retail industry in crisis, provide a clear and coherent strategy to ‘save our shops’ or even offer to meet the union to discuss their Industrial Strategy for Retail.
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Parliament to discuss the crisis on our high streets - Usdaw welcomes the Westminster Hall debate secured by Liz Twist MP
09 July 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw welcomes a Westminster Hall debate on ‘Developing a retail strategy for the future’ which has been secured by Liz Twist MP (Labour, Blaydon) and will take place tomorrow at 2.30pm, Wednesday 10 July 2019.
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ICTU Biennial Conference: Usdaw calls for action to 'save our shops' in the face of a retail crisis
01 July 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union is raising the retail crisis at the Irish Congress of Trade Unions Biennial Delegate Conference, which starts tomorrow in Dublin.
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Tory leadership candidates offer little hope for tackling the crisis on our high streets says Usdaw
28 June 2019
Following the two Conservative leadership candidates laying out their manifestoes for the high street, Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw says there is little hope that the next Conservative Prime Minister will take the significant action needed to save our shops and the local communities that depend on them,
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Boots confirms 200 store closures - Usdaw calls on the company to enter into talks
28 June 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is calling on Walgreens Boots Alliance to enter into talks with the union after the company confirms the closure of around 200 stores by 2021.
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Save our Shops! Usdaw's campaign hits the high streets again tomorrow
21 June 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is campaigning for the Government to take urgent action to ‘Save Our Shops’. Activists from the union will be engaging with local MPs and the shopping public to urge them to support the campaign by signing the ‘Save our Shops’ petition. See below for a list of event locations.
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Save our Shops! Usdaw's campaign hits Gloucester city centre tomorrow
21 June 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is campaigning for the Government to take urgent action to ‘Save Our Shops’. Activists from the union will be joined by Fran Boait (Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate for Gloucester) and engaging with the shopping public to urge them to support the campaign by signing the ‘Save our Shops’ petition.