Speaking from the conference in Liverpool, John Hannett – Usdaw General Secretary said: “Labour’s deputy leader Tom Watson is absolutely right to say that we will not deliver the Labour victory that working people so desperately need if you rubbish your record in government. Opposition is a cold place. You can have all the moral arguments you want, you can have all the principles and all the values but you can't put them in action if you do not win.”

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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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