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Dairy Home delivery Home Shopping Production and Manufacturing Retail Food Retail Non-food Transport Warehouse and Distribution Displaying results 21 - 60 (of 195) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...10 next Government’s cost of living payment is only a sticking plaster says Usdaw, we need a new deal for workers 06 February 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw has renewed their call for a new deal for workers and branded the Government’s cost of living payment as only a sticking plaster as rising prices continue to devalue wages. Eligible households are set to receive £299 between February 6 and 22, it is the final payment of three. Spring Budget 2024: Usdaw calls for a new deal for workers and a retail recovery plan 30 January 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw has made a formal representation to HM Treasury for measures to be included in the 2024 Spring Budget on 6 March. Following consultation with members, both directly and through their representatives in Usdaw, the union has developed policy suggestions to improve the lives of working people covering the following key areas: Inflation uptick shows that the cost of living crisis is nowhere near over says Usdaw 17 January 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw continues to call on the Government to address the longstanding and continuing cost of living crisis, after today’s inflation figures show that prices are rising at double the 2% target rate. The Retail Prices Index (RPI) rate dipped slightly to 5.2%, while the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rate rose to 4%. National Insurance change is too little too late says Usdaw – this is just another Tory tax con 05 January 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw has condemned the Government’s desperate attempt to grab headlines in the hope that voters will forget nearly fourteen years of austerity, their crashing of the economy and the biggest cost of living crisis in more than a generation. The union laments the failure to tackle insecure and low paid employment that blights too many workers’ lives. Keir Starmer’s new year message of hope so that ‘Britain can get its future back’ is welcomed by Usdaw 04 January 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed today’s keynote speech by Keir Starmer, as he sets out his ambitions for a new Britain. In a wide-ranging new year speech the Labour leader set out his national missions for government and identified that we have for too long had ‘an economy that doesn’t work for working people, even when it grows, let alone when it stagnates like now’. Continuing high energy bills and food prices show the Government must do more to help with the cost of living crisis says Usdaw 02 January 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw has again called on the Government to intervene further in tackling the cost of living crisis, which is severely impacting low-paid workers, after the cap on unit prices of household energy rose by 5%. New Year message from Paddy Lillis – Usdaw General Secretary 01 January 2024 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. The Union will also continue to push for protections for workers from violence, threats and abuse, while calling for a general election to put the country back on track under a Labour Government. Prices still rising at double the target rate – Usdaw calls for a new deal for workers to tackle the cost of living crisis 20 December 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw is calling for the Government to address the longstanding cost of living crisis, after today’s inflation figures show that prices are rising at almost double the Government’s 2% target rate The Retail Prices Index (RPI) rate dipped to 5.3%, the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rate eased to 3.9%. Four years of chaos and crisis have hit workers hard, we need a Labour Government says Usdaw 12 December 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw is marking the fourth anniversary of the 2019 General Election with a call for the whole nightmare to end and for the people to be given a chance to vote for change. The union welcomes the positive vision for the country set out by Keir Starmer, showing that Labour is ready to deliver a government that will serve working people. Trade unions uniting in opposition to Tory anti-strike laws is welcomed by Usdaw 09 December 2023 A special TUC conference on Saturday agreed to build mass opposition to the Government’s Minimum Service Levels regulations. The TUC said it will not rest until the malicious, unnecessary and unworkable law are scrapped and welcomed Labour’s commitment to repeal the legislation in the first 100 days of coming into government. IKEA’s ongoing commitment to be a Living Wage employer is welcomed, Usdaw continues their call for a new deal for workers 05 December 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed IKEA’s continuing commitment to being a Living Wage employer, ensuring staff will be paid at least £13.15 an hour in London and £12 in the rest of the country from January. The union has been campaigning for a minimum wage of at least £12 per hour now for workers of all ages, as a step towards £15 per hour. North West Labour Conference 2023: Usdaw raises the challenges facing retail and the high streets 24 November 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has a delegation of reps and officials attending the annual conference of the North West Regional Labour Party at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool on 25 and 26 November. The union has a submitted a motion on calling for action to tackle the challenges facing retail and our high streets. Autumn Statement: The Chancellor’s attempt at a ‘give away’ budget is too little too late says Usdaw 22 November 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has condemned the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement as a desperate attempt to grab headlines in the hope that voters will forget thirteen years of austerity, their crashing of the economy and the biggest cost of living crisis in more than a generation. Chancellor is deluded when he says the minimum wage increase will ‘end low pay’ says Usdaw 21 November 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw is disappointed that low-paid workers will not receive a genuine living wage. Today’s increase in the so-called National Living Wage to £11.44 an hour doesn’t meet Usdaw’s call for at least £12 per hour immediately or the real living wage rates of £12 across the UK and £13.15 in London. Disability pay gap highest in a decade - Usdaw says Labour’s new deal would be a game changer for disabled workers 14 November 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw is marking Disability Pay Gap Day by adding to the calls for legislation to ensure employers are compelled to report the disability pay gap in their businesses and placed under a duty to produce action plans to address any gaps identified. King’s Speech: 13 years of austerity, failure and chaos to be followed with a year of stagnation - Usdaw calls for a general election now 07 November 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has condemned the Government’s legislative programme as a wasted opportunity to deliver the change working people desperately need. The list of bills for the coming parliamentary term, likely to be the last before a general election, were today announced in the King’s Speech. King’s Speech: Usdaw calls for an employment bill to help with the cost of living and a protection of workers bill to tackle abuse of shopworkers 06 November 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw is calling on the Government to use the last parliamentary term before a general election to bring forward a long awaited and overdue employment bill to help workers struggling to make ends meet in a cost of living crisis; along with a bill to protect shopworkers from abuse, similar to the existing law in Scotland. Real Living Wage uprating welcomed - Usdaw continues to campaign for it to become the legal minimum for all workers 24 October 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed a much-needed increase in the real Living Wage rates. The Living Wage Foundation has today announced a 10% increase, making the new rates £12 per hour and £13.15 in London for over 18s. Rising prices continue to devalue wages – Usdaw calls for a new deal for workers to tackle the cost of living crisis 18 October 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw is calling for the Government to address the cost of living crisis, after today’s inflation figures show that wages continue to be devalued by prices rising faster than incomes, despite claims to the contrary. The Retail Prices Index (RPI) rate dipped slightly to 8.9%, the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rate remained at 6.7%. Autumn Statement 2023: Usdaw calls for a new deal for workers and a retail recovery plan 16 October 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has made a formal representation to HM Treasury for measures to be included in the 2023 Autumn Statement on 22 November. Following consultation with members, both directly and through their representatives in Usdaw, the union has developed policy suggestions to improve the lives of working people covering the following key areas: Displaying results 21 - 60 (of 195) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...10 next
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