Daniel Adams - Usdaw National Officer says: “Our members are hard-working and dedicated key workers. So BCM’s proposals to dramatically reduce terms and conditions are an insult to their sterling efforts throughout this pandemic.
“Rights to pensions, redundancy pay, and sick pay are all at jeopardy under the new contracts being offered and the threat to ‘fire and rehire’ in March is totally unacceptable. We cannot negotiate with a gun to our heads.
“Usdaw is prepared to talk and reach a settlement, if the company withdraws from ‘firing and rehiring’ our members. Management should put fairness first, stop the threats and return to the negotiating table.”
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Usdaw (Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers) is the UK's fifth biggest trade union with over 380,000 members. Most Usdaw members work in the retail sector, but the union also has many members in transport, distribution, food manufacturing, chemical industry and other trades.
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