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Debenhams is taken over by its lenders putting thousands of jobs at risk
09 April 2019
Debenhams has rejected Mike Ashley’s rescue deal worth £200m because it was conditional on him taking over as the chief executive.
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Usdaw welcomes parliamentary debate on the issue of retail crime
08 April 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis welcomed David Hanson MP securing a three-hour debate this week. Recent statistics from the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), the British Retail Consortium and Usdaw’s survey all reported that violence, threats and abuse against shop staff are on the increase.
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Usdaw's young workers campaign comes to Loughborough Vintage Market and focuses on 'time for better pay'
02 April 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is bringing their young workers campaign to Loughborough Vintage Market on Friday 5 April between 9am and 3pm. Young Usdaw activists are leading the event, where they will engage with fellow young workers with the union’s Time for Better Pay campaign and Government petition to tackle low pay and job insecurity.
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Speculation about Boots store closures - Usdaw calls on the company to enter into talks
02 April 2019
Usdaw is calling on Walgreens Boots Alliance to enter into talks with the union after the company warns of UK store closures.
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Usdaw celebrates 20 years of the National Minimum Wage as rates increase today and calls for at least 10 per hour
01 April 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is today celebrating 20 years since the first National Minimum Wage came into force on 1 April 1999. While the union welcomes today’s uprating, it is disappointed that the adult rate is now not likely to reach £9 per hour by 2020, as promised. Usdaw continues their ‘time for better pay’ campaign for at least £10 per hour and an end to insecure contracts.
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Kepak (St Merryn Meats) announce their Victoria site in Cornwall is at risk of closure - Usdaw enters into consultation talks
28 March 2019
Usdaw, the trade union for Kepak staff at the former St Merryn Meats Victoria site in Cornwall, has entered into a minimum 45 day meaningful consultation on the company’s closure proposal.
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ACS survey confirms Usdaw and BRC finding that attacks on shopworkers are a growing problem
26 March 2019
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has today released their annual retail crime survey, which confirms last week’s findings by shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw and the British Retail Consortium (BRC) that violence, threats and abuse against shop staff are on the increase.
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Usdaw alarmed by reports of Sainsbury's and Asda offer to the CMA of 150 store closures
22 March 2019
Shopworkers' trade union Usdaw has long called for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to protect jobs, stores and high streets through the Sainsbury's and Asda merger process. So the union, which represents staff in Sainsbury's, Argos and Asda in Northern Ireland, is alarmed by reports that the companies could be offering to sell 150 stores in an attempt to address CMA concerns.
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TUC Young Workers Conference 2019: Usdaw promotes the 'time for better pay' and 'save our shops' campaigns
22 March 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is calling on delegates at the TUC Young Workers Conference to support the union’s campaigns ‘time for better pay’ and ‘save our shops’.
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Attacks on retail staff raised in Holyrood - Usdaw backs protection of workers legislation
22 March 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has welcomed Daniel Johnson MSP raising the significant increases in attacks on shopworkers during First Minister’s Question Time in the Scottish Parliament.