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Heart unions week: Usdaw welcomes the TUC focusing on tackling sexual harassment
10 February 2020
Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed the start of heart unions week, 10-16 February, as a chance to show why unions are vital for everyone at work and encourage them to join a union.
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North West Labour Conference Usdaw calls for action to save our shops
07 February 2020
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is raising the ongoing retail crisis at the annual conference of Labour North West, which starts tomorrow, at Southport Theatre and Convention Centre, and runs through to Sunday.
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Usdaw welcomes the selection of Liam Byrne MP as Labour's candidate for West Midlands Mayor
06 February 2020
Liam Byrne, MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill, has been selected as the Labour Party’s candidate for the West Midlands metro-mayoral election on May 7th.
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Retention of Scotland's uniform business rates welcomed, Usdaw calls for Government action to 'save our shops'
05 February 2020
Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed MSPs’ voting to retain universal business rates in the Stage 3 Holyrood debate on the Non-Domestic Rates (Scotland) Bill.
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Usdaw nominates Jackie Baillie MSP for Deputy Leader of Scottish Labour
05 February 2020
Retail trade union and Labour’s third largest affiliate has today decided to nominate Jackie Baillie MSP for Deputy Leader of Scottish Labour.
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Scottish shopworkers need the Protection of Workers Bill says Usdaw
04 February 2020
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has backed a bid by Daniel Johnson MSP (Labour, Edinburgh Southern) to prevent violence, threats and abuse against shopworkers. The union has responded to the Economy, Energy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee’s consultation on the Protection of Workers (Retail and Age-restricted Goods and Services) (Scotland) Bill.
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IKEA staff devastated by the proposed closure of the Coventry store says Usdaw
04 February 2020
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw will now enter into consultation talks after IKEA announced they propose to close their Coventry store, putting over 350 jobs at risk.
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Usdaw calls on MSPs to vote for the retention of uniform business rates in Scotland
04 February 2020
Retail trade union Usdaw has called on MSPs to vote against the scrapping of universal business rates, ahead of Stage 3 debate on the Non-Domestic Rates (Scotland) Bill in Holyrood today (Tuesday 4 February).
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Keir Starmer tells Usdaw he will 'walk shoulder to shoulder with the trade unions, day in day out'
29 January 2020
Retail trade union and Labour’s fourth largest affiliate has today welcomed Keir Starmer to a national seminar of the union’s organising staff at Manchester Airport. Usdaw’s Executive Council last week nominated Keir Starmer for leader and Angela Rayner for deputy leader of the Labour Party.
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Over 90% of Belfast shopworkers oppose longer Sunday trading - Usdaw proposes an industrial strategy for retail
27 January 2020
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has responded to Belfast City Council’s consultation on 'Sundays in the City' with an emphatic ‘no’ to longer Sunday trading hours. The union calls on the City Council to engage in an industrial strategy for the retail sector that involves local and national government, retailers and all key stakeholders working together.