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Usdaw calls for a Brexit that protects workers' rights, jobs and incomes
01 May 2017
Delegates at the Annual Delegate Meeting of the shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw have today backed a call to protect employment rights during the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union.
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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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Young workers continue to be a focus for recruitment to Usdaw
30 April 2017
Usdaw Deputy General Secretary Paddy Lillis has today welcomed a proposition to the union’s Annual Delegate Meeting (ADM) to work with Labour Student Societies to promote Usdaw in universities.
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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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Greater pension oversight is welcome, but we need administrators to focus on saving jobs
30 April 2017
Shopworkers’ trade union leader John Hannett has responded to reports that the Conservative general election manifesto will contain a commitment to give the Pensions Regulator new powers to scrutinise takeovers or "unsustainable" dividend payments that threaten the solvency of a company pension scheme.
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Shopworkers' trade union 2017 annual conference starts on Sunday 30 April at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool
28 April 2017
The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) is holding its 71st Annual Delegate Meeting, #Usdaw17, at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool from Sunday 30 April to Wednesday 3 May 2017.
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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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An 8% jump in theft from shops is very worrying
27 April 2017
Shopworkers trade union leader John Hannett has expressed deep concern that the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has today revealed in their Crime Survey for England and Wales that shoplifting continues to rise, increasing by 8% during 2016, contributing to a 21% increase over the last decade.
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Remember the Dead and Fight for the Living on Workers Memorial Day
27 April 2017
Friday 28 April is International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD), the day when trade unions across the world commemorate the millions of people across the globe who are killed or injured on workplace accidents or who die from work-related disease.
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Usdaw calls for talks with Debenhams on their store review
20 April 2017
Debenhams has unveiled plans to close 11 warehouses and put up to 10 stores under review, in a move impacting at least 220 jobs. Shopworkers union Usdaw is again asking the company to end their refusal to engage with the union and allow their staff to have a proper voice in this process.