David Gill – Usdaw National Officer says: “Sir Philip Green still needs to honour his promise to ‘sort’ the pension scheme, which we had hoped would take weeks rather than months and BHS pensioners now fear it might be years. He has claimed to ‘have been working on this issue on a daily basis’, but we have seen precious little progress so far.

“Our members in BHS were left devastated and jobless by the closure of a company that had been trading on high streets for over 80 years. 11,000 hard-working and loyal staff totally let down by the actions of a handful of people at the top who seemed more interested in indulging in a game of corporate monopoly for their own personal gain, rather than running a profitable retail business. Those jobs have tragically gone, but the current and future BHS pensioners need to have their futures secured and Sir Phillip has a crucial role to play.”

Notes for Editors:

Usdaw (Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers) is the UK's fourth biggest and the fastest growing trade union with over 430,000 members. Membership has increased by more than 17% in the last five years and by nearly a third in the last decade. Most Usdaw members work in the retail sector, but the Union also has many members in transport, distribution, food manufacturing, chemicals and other trades.

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