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Dairy Home delivery Home Shopping Production and Manufacturing Retail Food Retail Non-food Transport Warehouse and Distribution Displaying results 341 - 380 (of 1879) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All prev 1... 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ...94 next Government must end rampant exploitation of migrant workers says Usdaw 23 January 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has joined with other unions to condemn Government’s attempts to ‘pit’ workers against each other, and to call for urgent action to advance the rights of migrant workers, including undocumented people, and end migrant worker exploitation. Scottish Labour Women’s Conference: Usdaw condemns the Taliban’s indefinite ban on women entering university education 20 January 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has a delegation of reps and officials attending tomorrow’s Scottish Labour Women’s Conference in Glasgow, where the union has submitted an emergency motion on women in Afghanistan being banned from university education. Disappointing retail sales figures show why we need a strategy to help save our shops says Usdaw 20 January 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw is again calling on the Government to work with them and employers to develop a retail industrial strategy to tackle longstanding and ongoing difficulties in the sector. The call comes after today’s disappointing retail sales figures for December, showing a further decline linked to the cost of living crisis. Central Co-op announces a distribution reorganisation in Leicester – Usdaw to enter into consultation talks 20 January 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has been informed by the food retailer Central Co-op of their proposal to close their three distribution centres and garage in Leicester and transfer distribution operations to the Co-operative Group. The company’s proposal puts nearly 400 jobs at risk. Scottish Labour Women’s Conference: Usdaw highlights the effect of the cost of living crisis on women 19 January 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has a delegation of reps and officials attending this Saturday’s Scottish Labour Women’s Conference in Glasgow, where the union is calling on Scottish Labour to address the disproportionate impact of the cost of living crisis on women workers. Usdaw secures agreement with Tesco Bank on ‘cost of living’ pay increase 19 January 2023 Usdaw has welcomed Tesco Bank agreement to a £1,250 pay increase (on a full-time equivalent basis) for over 3,400 staff, to help with the increased cost of living. Over 90% of the bank’s workforce, those who are likely to be feeling the greatest impact from current cost of living challenges, are eligible for the increase which was effective from 8 January 2023. Double-digit inflation continues to devalue wages – Usdaw calls for Government action and a new deal for workers 18 January 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw continues to call for a new deal for workers to help struggling families with the cost of living crisis, because wages are still being devalued by rising prices. Today the Retail Prices Index (RPI) rate of inflation dipped slightly to 13.4% and the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rate to 10.5%. Anti-strike laws are undemocratic, unworkable and probably illegal – Usdaw calls on MPs to vote against 16 January 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw is calling on MPs to reject the Government’s attempts to undermine the right to strike. The union says employers should be encouraged to negotiate settlements in disputes rather than litigate to undermine workers. Prepayment energy meters hit those on the lowest incomes hardest says Usdaw – the Government must act 12 January 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has joined a call from Citizens Advice for the Government to ban forced prepayment meter installations until new protections are introduced, ensuring households can no longer be fully cut off from gas and electricity. Sainsbury’s and Argos pay boost to £11 per hour is welcomed by Usdaw 04 January 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed the company’s additional support for Sainsbury’s and Argos shopworkers in the midst of a cost of living crisis. New Year message from Paddy Lillis – Usdaw General Secretary 01 January 2023 Retail trade union leader Paddy Lillis has sent out New Year wishes and committed Usdaw to campaigning for a new deal on pay and rights to help workers struggling to make ends meet in a cost of living crisis and calls for a general election to put the country back on track under a Labour Government. Supreme Court grants Usdaw permission to appeal in the Tesco ‘fire and rehire’ case 22 December 2022 The Supreme Court has granted Usdaw permission to proceed with its case against Tesco – in an ongoing battle over the supermarket giant’s use of ‘fire and rehire’ practices. Scottish shops should be closed on New Year’s Day to give shopworkers a well-deserved break says Usdaw 20 December 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw is backing the vast majority of Scottish shopworkers who want large stores to stay closed on New Year’s Day. The union is calling on the Scottish Government to reverse their opposition to giving retail workers a proper festive break. MPs’ report finds that workers are “prisoners to the high cost of childcare” - Usdaw calls for Government action 20 December 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw has called for immediate Government action to help working parents who need to earn more to help make ends meet in the cost of living crisis. The House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee finds that Universal Credit support for childcare costs is stopping parents from working for longer, because the cap it is subject to has been frozen for six years and should be uprated. Inflation rate dip is no comfort for those struggling to make ends meet says Usdaw, we need a new deal for workers 14 December 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw continues to call for a new deal for workers to help struggling families deal with cost of living crisis, because wages are still being devalued by rising prices. Today the Retail Prices Index (RPI) rate of inflation dipped slightly to 14% and the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rate to 10.7%. Usdaw welcomes progress on a TUC co-ordinated legal challenge to “strike-breaking” agency worker regulations 14 December 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw is one of eleven trade unions who launched a judicial review of the Government’s new regulations which allow agency workers to fill in for striking workers and break strikes. The High Court has now granted permission for the legal challenge and a hearing will be held from late March onwards. YouGov poll finds 79% support their local supermarket closing on Boxing Day - Usdaw calls for a proper Christmas break for shopworkers 14 December 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed the support of the shopping public for supermarkets to keep their doors closed on Boxing Day. A YouGov opinion poll of 1,763 UK adults, commissioned by Usdaw, has found that 79% support their local supermarket closing all their stores on Boxing Day. Usdaw’s own surveying found that 97% of supermarket workers also want the closure. Government’s rejection of an online sales tax shows they have failed to understand the devastation on our high streets says Usdaw 06 December 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw is calling on the Government to reverse their rejection of an Online Sales Tax, after BBC research lays bare the scale of the devastation our high streets have suffered. Usdaw has long called for this measure to help rebalance taxation between online and in-store retail and was supported by many retail businesses. Usdaw welcomes call for free universal preschool childcare 06 December 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed a report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and the charity Save the Children, calling for a universal childcare guarantee for all families until the end of primary school, to allow more women to get back into work and reduce the attainment gap between rich and poor children in their early years. Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP to discuss the mental health impact of working in retail with Usdaw members 06 December 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw is today taking a group of retail workers to the House of Commons to share their experiences with the Shadow Minister for Mental Health, Doctor Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour, Tooting). Displaying results 341 - 380 (of 1879) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All prev 1... 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ...94 next
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