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Arena Magazine 2006 Issue 5 Winter Arena


Campaigns
Editorial
Get Involved
Health and Safety
Legal Services
People and Events
Recruitment and Organising
Rights at work
Transport
Work and Life

Campaigns

Editorial

    Standing up for people like you
    Welcome to the final issue of arena for 2006. You’ll find this edition full of essential information on your rights at work and especially useful over the festive period when bank holiday working always causes problems.
    28 November 2006 [Full Story]

Get Involved

Health and Safety

Legal Services

    A hassle-free service
    A crowbar-wielding thug left warehouse worker Mike Barlow battered and bruised during an attempted robbery at the Argos distribution site in Stoke on Trent.
    28 November 2006 [Full Story]

    Justice for Catherine
    Having to take your case for unfair dismissal all the way to a tribunal is a daunting prospect, but it didn’t deter Catherine Smith.
    28 November 2006 [Full Story]

    Legal Plus – The best advice every time
    Usdaw’s Legal Plus service is constantly winning for members and recovered more than £19.4 million last year for individuals injured or treated unfairly at work. There are no hidden fees and members keep every penny of their compensation.
    28 November 2006 [Full Story]

    Such a relief for bride and family
    Mother-of-four Julie Leaves went from bruised to bride after she used her personal injury compensation to help pay for her wedding.
    28 November 2006 [Full Story]

    Usdaw took care of me
    Trolley collector Shaun Robson was off work for three months after he was knocked down in the customer car park at the Tesco store in Beverley, North Humberside.
    28 November 2006 [Full Story]

    Usdaw’s help was priceless
    When part-time deli supervisor Pauline Holland seriously injured her knee in a fall at work she turned to Usdaw for help and received £22,500 in compensation.
    28 November 2006 [Full Story]

People and Events

    26 and below
    A belief in fairness and justice prompted well-read Co-op rep Robert Harrison to get involved in Usdaw.
    28 November 2006 [Full Story]

Recruitment and Organising

    People like you – Carol Husk
    Like so many others, straight-talking Carol Husk didn’t so much as volunteer for the position of union rep, it was thrust upon her by work colleagues who recognised that she was perfect for the job.
    28 November 2006 [Full Story]

    People like you – Leading the team
    When you have more than 940 members to look after you need a strong team of well-organised reps and that is exactly the situation at the DHL depot in Runcorn, Cheshire, which handles merchandise for DIY retailer B&Q.
    28 November 2006 [Full Story]

    Recruit a friend and win £500!
    You can make Usdaw an even bigger union, make your voice stronger and more influential at work, and have the chance of winning a £500 prize if you recruit one of your work colleagues into the union.
    28 November 2006 [Full Story]

    Xmas bonus for Linda
    Co-op worker Linda Morrison was left ‘totally dumbstruck’ when she found out she had won the Recruit a Friend and win £500 draw from the autumn issue of Arena.
    28 November 2006 [Full Story]

Rights at work

    Happy festive holiday
    Looking forward to time off at Christmas? Arena takes a closer look at the rules on the complicated issue of public holidays.
    28 November 2006 [Full Story]

    Holiday bonus
    More than two million workers are set to benefit after the Government announced it will introduce an increase in the statutory holiday entitlement from 20 to 28 days.
    28 November 2006 [Full Story]

    Know your rights – All right on the night
    In the second of a series of articles on your workplace rights we check out six of the most commonly asked questions.
    28 November 2006 [Full Story]

Transport

Work and Life

    Age laws
    Union members, both ‘young’ and ‘old’, are being urged to report any discrimination which may be covered by new laws outlawing ageism in the workplace.
    28 November 2006 [Full Story]

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