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Dairy Home delivery Home Shopping Production and Manufacturing Retail Food Retail Non-food Transport Warehouse and Distribution Displaying results 291 - 310 (of 1816) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All prev 1... 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 ...182 next MPs’ report finds that workers are “prisoners to the high cost of childcare” - Usdaw calls for Government action 20 December 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw has called for immediate Government action to help working parents who need to earn more to help make ends meet in the cost of living crisis. The House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee finds that Universal Credit support for childcare costs is stopping parents from working for longer, because the cap it is subject to has been frozen for six years and should be uprated. Inflation rate dip is no comfort for those struggling to make ends meet says Usdaw, we need a new deal for workers 14 December 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw continues to call for a new deal for workers to help struggling families deal with cost of living crisis, because wages are still being devalued by rising prices. Today the Retail Prices Index (RPI) rate of inflation dipped slightly to 14% and the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rate to 10.7%. Usdaw welcomes progress on a TUC co-ordinated legal challenge to “strike-breaking” agency worker regulations 14 December 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw is one of eleven trade unions who launched a judicial review of the Government’s new regulations which allow agency workers to fill in for striking workers and break strikes. The High Court has now granted permission for the legal challenge and a hearing will be held from late March onwards. YouGov poll finds 79% support their local supermarket closing on Boxing Day - Usdaw calls for a proper Christmas break for shopworkers 14 December 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed the support of the shopping public for supermarkets to keep their doors closed on Boxing Day. A YouGov opinion poll of 1,763 UK adults, commissioned by Usdaw, has found that 79% support their local supermarket closing all their stores on Boxing Day. Usdaw’s own surveying found that 97% of supermarket workers also want the closure. Government’s rejection of an online sales tax shows they have failed to understand the devastation on our high streets says Usdaw 06 December 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw is calling on the Government to reverse their rejection of an Online Sales Tax, after BBC research lays bare the scale of the devastation our high streets have suffered. Usdaw has long called for this measure to help rebalance taxation between online and in-store retail and was supported by many retail businesses. Usdaw welcomes call for free universal preschool childcare 06 December 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed a report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and the charity Save the Children, calling for a universal childcare guarantee for all families until the end of primary school, to allow more women to get back into work and reduce the attainment gap between rich and poor children in their early years. Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP to discuss the mental health impact of working in retail with Usdaw members 06 December 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw is today taking a group of retail workers to the House of Commons to share their experiences with the Shadow Minister for Mental Health, Doctor Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour, Tooting). Three-quarters of low-paid workers cannot afford to take sick leave – an Usdaw survey finds 05 December 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw continues to call for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) reform following the union’s survey finding that 76% of respondents cannot afford to take sick leave, rising to 9 in 10 for those on in-work benefits, because of the cost of living crisis and very low SSP at just £99.35 a week. Usdaw surveyed over 7,500 members, who are mainly low-paid key workers in retail. Paying a lower minimum wage to young workers is unfair – Usdaw calls for an end to rip-off youth rates 02 December 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw again calls for young workers to be paid a higher minimum wage after TUC research suggests 900,000 under-21-year-olds were being left ‘massively out of pocket’, with young people losing an average of £2,800 every year. Black Friday: Usdaw joins a ‘Labour behind the Label’ protest outside Boohoo’s Manchester HQ as the company still refuses to engage 25 November 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw represents workers at Boohoo’s warehouse and call centre in Burnley along with the head office in Manchester, but the company continues to refuse to recognise the union, leaving staff without a real voice at work. On this year’s Black Friday (25 November) Usdaw activists will be joining a demonstration outside Boohoo HQ in Manchester organised by Labour Behind the Label. Displaying results 291 - 310 (of 1816) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All prev 1... 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 ...182 next
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