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Dairy Home delivery Home Shopping Production and Manufacturing Retail Food Retail Non-food Transport Warehouse and Distribution Displaying results 1 - 10 (of 94) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...10 next ADM 2024: Usdaw delegates back a social tariff for household energy and a price cap on essential food items 29 April 2024 Usdaw delegates at their Annual Delegate Meeting in Blackpool’s Winter Gardens have today debated the economy, the cost of living crisis and its impact on working people. The conference backed calls for a social tariff, that would ensure cheaper household energy bills, and a cap on the price of essential food, to ensure that families can provide basic meals. Energy bills remain high despite the cap cut – nearly three-years of the cost of living crisis have been devastating says Usdaw 28 March 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw has again called on the Government to intervene further in tackling a cost of living crisis that has severely impacted low-paid workers for nearly three years. Inflation first went above the target rate in May 2021 and peaked in double figures for six months. Inflation remains above target, continuing a near three-year cost of living crisis - we need a new deal for workers says Usdaw 20 March 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw calls for a new deal for workers as the Government’s nearly three-year long cost of living crisis continues. Today’s inflation figures show that, even on the Government’s preferred and lower CPI measure of inflation, prices are rising at above the 2% target rate. Spring Budget 2024: Government fails to deliver on Usdaw’s calls for a new deal for workers and a retail recovery plan 06 March 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw has condemned the Chancellor for failing to listen to the union and its members by not delivering on their priorities. Scottish Labour Conference 2024: Usdaw seeks an end to child and in-work poverty 15 February 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw has a delegation of members, reps and officials attending the annual Scottish Labour Conference in Glasgow, Friday 16 to Sunday 18 February. The union is part of a composite on child poverty. Government’s cost of living payment is only a sticking plaster says Usdaw, we need a new deal for workers 06 February 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw has renewed their call for a new deal for workers and branded the Government’s cost of living payment as only a sticking plaster as rising prices continue to devalue wages. Eligible households are set to receive £299 between February 6 and 22, it is the final payment of three. Spring Budget 2024: Usdaw calls for a new deal for workers and a retail recovery plan 30 January 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw has made a formal representation to HM Treasury for measures to be included in the 2024 Spring Budget on 6 March. Following consultation with members, both directly and through their representatives in Usdaw, the union has developed policy suggestions to improve the lives of working people covering the following key areas: Inflation uptick shows that the cost of living crisis is nowhere near over says Usdaw 17 January 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw continues to call on the Government to address the longstanding and continuing cost of living crisis, after today’s inflation figures show that prices are rising at double the 2% target rate. The Retail Prices Index (RPI) rate dipped slightly to 5.2%, while the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rate rose to 4%. National Insurance change is too little too late says Usdaw – this is just another Tory tax con 05 January 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw has condemned the Government’s desperate attempt to grab headlines in the hope that voters will forget nearly fourteen years of austerity, their crashing of the economy and the biggest cost of living crisis in more than a generation. The union laments the failure to tackle insecure and low paid employment that blights too many workers’ lives. Continuing high energy bills and food prices show the Government must do more to help with the cost of living crisis says Usdaw 02 January 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw has again called on the Government to intervene further in tackling the cost of living crisis, which is severely impacting low-paid workers, after the cap on unit prices of household energy rose by 5%. Displaying results 1 - 10 (of 94) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...10 next
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