Campaign News RSS Feed Filter by: Filter by month Month... January February March April May June July August September October November December Filter by topic Topic... Campaign - Supporting Parents & Carers Displaying results 41 - 60 (of 91) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All prev 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 next Usdaw welcomes Co-op support for staff affected by pregnancy loss and calls on the Government to follow this lead 25 June 2021 Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed today’s announcement that the Co-operative Group is offering paid leave and time off for medical appointments as part of measures to help staff suffering from a pregnancy loss. The union is asking the Government to follow this welcome lead and extend support to all working parents. National Carers Week: Usdaw celebrates the contribution of working carers and calls on the Government to provide more support 07 June 2021 Retail trade union Usdaw is marking National Carers Week (7-13 June 2021) by celebrating the crucial role carers have in families and communities, highlighting the difficulties of juggling work with looking after someone and calling on the Government to do more to support the huge contribution made by 6.5 million carers across the UK. Usdaw puts the spotlight on parents and carers under pressure and calls on the Government to do more to help 19 May 2021 Today is Usdaw’s Supporting Parents and Carers Spotlight Day, when the union highlights the difficulties of juggling work with looking after someone. To ensure Covid security, workplace campaigning is limited with the majority of spotlight day activities taking place online at: www.usdaw.org.uk/UnderPressure MPs' report on Universal Credit five-week wait welcomed by Usdaw - the Government must act to tackle poverty 20 October 2020 Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed an MPs’ report that addresses the Universal Credit five-week wait and calls on the Government to listen and act to help families out of poverty. Fix flexible working to help make women's jobs more secure and family friendly - Usdaw tells Labour Women Connected 19 September 2020 Retail trade union Usdaw has today called on the Government deliver on its commitment to making flexible work the default, to become a day-one right for all workers and for decisions to be challengeable. The union highlights how existing flexible contracts undermine women workers ability to balance work and caring responsibilities and calls for more secure and predictable contracts. Usdaw urges the Government to fundamentally reform flexible working to help working parents through the Covid-19 crisis 06 July 2020 Retail trade union Usdaw has today responded to a call for evidence about the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on women in the workplace, initiated by the Women and Work All Part Parliamentary Group, with a call to strengthen and extend the right to request flexible working in the following ways: Usdaw joins Maternity Action in calling on the Government to protect expectant and new mothers from unfair redundancy 29 June 2020 Retail trade union Usdaw has co-signed a letter to Business Secretary Alok Sharma, organised by the campaigning charity Maternity Action, calling on the Government to support and adopt the Pregnancy & Maternity (Redundancy Protection) Bill that is set to be introduced in the House of Commons on 8 July. Budget 2020: Usdaw calls on Chancellor to fix the problems with Universal Credit 06 March 2020 Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is calling on the Chancellor to use next Wednesday’s Budget to fix the problems of Universal Credit. The union says that as well as committing to an urgent review of the failures of Universal Credit, the Chancellor should immediately scrap the two-child limit and the five week waiting period. Labour's commitment to invest in early years provision is backed by Usdaw 08 November 2019 Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed Labour’s promised investment in early years provisions to transform the lives of children and their families. Labour's maternity pay increase welcomed by Usdaw as great progress for working families 07 November 2019 Retail union Usdaw has welcomed today’s announcement that if Labour win the election they will increase Statutory Maternity Pay from 9 to 12 months, allowing all working mothers to spend a full year with their new born babies before going back to work. Displaying results 41 - 60 (of 91) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All prev 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 next
Quick Links Publications All News Join Us Contact Us Terms & Conditions Cookie Policy Privacy Notice Sitemap
Free prize draw Enter our free prize draw to win a £100 Love2Shop Gift Voucher courtesy of Usdaw Protect. Email address..