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Campaigns Conferences Editorial Health and Safety Legal Services Lifelong Learning People and Events Politics Recruitment and Organising Rights at work Work and Life Campaigns
Children of Usdaw members were treated to a special party at Westminster in March to celebrate the extension of paid maternity leave from six to nine months as part of its ongoing Supporting Parents and Carers campaign. 21 May 2007 [Full Story] Scots saved from Xmas Day working Usdaw’s Scottish members are celebrating after a bill banning big stores from opening on Christmas Day received Royal Assent in April after the Queen signed the legislation into force. 21 May 2007 [Full Story] Usdaw pushes for recognition at M&S Usdaw’s campaign to win recognition at Marks and Spencer stepped up a gear in April when senior union leaders and reps handed out a new postcard to customers outside the company’s flagship Manchester store. 21 May 2007 [Full Story] Conferences
The longest serving and most successful Labour Chancellor in history Gordon Brown illuminated conference with a powerful speech full of endorsements for Usdaw’s campaigning work and a rigorous defence of the Government’s ten year record. 21 May 2007 [Full Story] ADM 2007: MPs support union Gordon Brown was not the only MP to make a special visit to ADM to support Usdaw members. Helen Jones (Warrington North) addressed delegates as part of the debate on lifelong learning and urged employers to see learning not as an optional extra but as part and parcel of the employment package. “We shouldn’t restrict learning to workplace-related issues either,” she said. “Locally provided courses on IT and Spanish are very popular and there’s nothing wrong with that. 21 May 2007 [Full Story] ADM 2007: Members make the decisions The most important event in the union’s calendar is the Annual Delegate Meeting which gives ordinary rank and file members the chance to shape the policies and priorities of Usdaw for the next 12 months. 21 May 2007 [Full Story] ADM 2007: NHS debate unites delegates One of the most moving debates centred on the national health service and in particular the case of Catherine Reeves’ granddaughter Amelia Rose Price who died in March this year just 14 months after being diagnosed with Neuroblastoma. 21 May 2007 [Full Story] Editorial
Usdaw’s Annual Delegate Meeting (ADM), which brings together more than 1,300 members to decide the union’s policies for the coming year, took place at the end of April. 21 May 2007 [Full Story] Health and Safety
Health and safety questions answered. 21 May 2007 [Full Story] Legal Services
Food factory worker Khalid Himli suffered a crippling leg injury and was unable to return to work but thanks to Legal Plus he received substantial compensation and some much needed financial security for him and his family. 21 May 2007 [Full Story] Helping hand for Vince Delivery driver Vince Taylor had to have his left leg amputated and sustained other serious injuries after he was injured in a horrendous road traffic accident in 2002. 21 May 2007 [Full Story] Legal Plus: What you said… Legal Plus is the union’s free comprehensive legal service available to members and their families as soon as they sign up with Usdaw. Last year it recovered more than £18.9m for members either injured or treated unfairly at work. 21 May 2007 [Full Story] Problem Solver A guide to statutory grievance and disciplinary procedures. 21 May 2007 [Full Story] Lifelong Learning
When Julia Turton signed up for her first learning course four years ago little did she know she was setting off on a journey that would lead to a new career with Usdaw. 21 May 2007 [Full Story] People and Events
Energetic activist Charlie Curley is helping to break down barriers in his native Northern Ireland in more ways than one as he signs up members in their hundreds and also finds time to be a community activist. 21 May 2007 [Full Story] Politics
Labour Party chair Hazel Blears has been the MP for Salford since 1997 and has held a number of government positions in the home office, the treasury and the department of health. She is a well-known supporter of Usdaw’s campaigns and recently spent three days working at her local Tesco to find out what life was like at the sharp end. She is passionate about her politics and on this page answers our questions. 21 May 2007 [Full Story] Recruitment and Organising
Activist Nana Williams learned the hard way that workplaces without a union can be unfair and unpleasant places to work. 21 May 2007 [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. 21 May 2007 [Full Story] Rights at work
Your question answered. 21 May 2007 [Full Story] Redundancy concern Your question answered. 21 May 2007 [Full Story] Rep rights Your question answered. 21 May 2007 [Full Story] Summer job Your question answered. 21 May 2007 [Full Story] Work and Life
Paying exorbitant bank charges were the bane of Antony Rose’s life so when he found out he could reclaim them he set about taking on the might of one of the biggest banks in the UK and ten weeks later he received a cheque for more than £4,000. 21 May 2007 [Full Story] |
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