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Usdaw delegates respond to rising violent crime with a call for more education
24 April 2018
Delegates at the shopworkers’ trade union annual conference backed a call for better education of young people in high schools and workplaces about violent crime, as part of the effort to stem the rising number of incidents.
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Scottish Protection of Workers Bill gets strong support from the retail union Usdaw
24 April 2018
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has responded to a consultation on a Protection of Workers Bill, which is being promoted in the Scottish parliament by Daniel Johnson MSP (Labour, Edinburgh Southern). The union fully supports the creation of a new offence of assault against a worker in the retail sector.
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Usdaw welcomes CMA approval of the Co-op Group's purchase of Nisa
23 April 2018
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has welcomed the news that the Competition and Markets Authority has approved the purchase of Nisa Retail Limited by the Co-op Group. The next step will be to get court approval.
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Shop Direct staff receive the unanimous support of delegates at Usdaw’s annual conference
23 April 2018
Delegates at Usdaw’s annual conference in Blackpool gave workers from Shop Direct a standing ovation in a show of solidarity as they fight to save their jobs.
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Usdaw launches a Thunderclap ahead of the campaign day to get ‘A better deal for dads’
23 April 2018
Each year the shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw holds a campaign day called Supporting Parents and Carers Spotlight Day. Hundreds of reps and activists get involved by running campaigns in their workplaces. This year's Spotlight day will take place on Wednesday 16 May 2018 with the theme ‘A better deal for dads’.
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Usdaw launches a policy document on insecure work and under-employment
23 April 2018
Shopworkers’ trade union leader John Hannett has today set out Usdaw’s approach to tackling insecure work and under-employment in an Executive Council statement to the union’s annual conference in Blackpool’s Winter Gardens.
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Women and the struggles of women workers will remain at the centre of Usdaw
23 April 2018
Paddy Lillis, Usdaw General Secretary Elect, reflects on 150 years of the TUC, the role women have played and looks to a future at Usdaw’s equalities fringe meeting at the union’s annual conference in Blackpool’s Winter Gardens.
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Getting it right for older workers Usdaw launches a new policy document
22 April 2018
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has today launched a new policy document that focuses on the many challenges facing older workers.
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Politics matters to Usdaw members
22 April 2018
Ruth George, Usdaw’s former Political Officer, made a welcome return to the union’s annual conference in Blackpool, almost a year after being elected the Labour MP for High Peak Constituency.
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Shopworkers enforcing age-restricted sales need better protection say Usdaw delegates
22 April 2018
Delegates at the shopworkers’ trade union annual conference, Usdaw’s ADM, have today backed concerns with the Think-25 policy for the sale of alcohol.