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Supporting Parents and Carers
Home Campaigns Supporting Parents and Carers

Supporting Parents and Carers

Supporting Parents <br> and Carers Campaign
Supporting Parents
and Carers Campaign

Usdaw's Supporting Parents and Carers Campaign seeks to improve the lives of workers with either parental or caring responsibilities. Around 75% of Usdaw members are either parents or carers (or both) and they tell us loud and clear that they need the Union to campaign for them.

The campaign aims to make gains through our negotiations with companies and to campaign with Government for more rights. Since it was launched in 2004 the campaign has delivered:

  • Negotiated improvements in the terms and conditions for more than two-thirds of our members.
  • New rights for parents, like extended paid maternity leave and adoptive leave.
  • New rights for carers, like the right to request flexible working and an increase in the earnings threshold for Carers Allowance.

The last Spotlight Day, Wednesday 3 June 2009, was focused on making sure working parents know about their benefit rights and understand how to go about claiming the money that's theirs.

We also want to use the day to build support for the Government's campaign to end child poverty by 2020.

Here's how you can help our campaign

Complete the survey - claim what' s yours, it's as easy as ABC
Do you know what benefits you are entitled to as a working parent?...   read more »

Use the claim what's yours - it's as easy as ABC pledge card and postcard
Use the Postcard with Pledge Card to raise the Supporting Parents and Carers Campaign with your MP....   read more »

Theme your union noticeboard around claim what's yours - it's as easy as ABC
Usdaw wants to make sure that our members who are juggling paid work with bringing up children know about the benefits they are entitled to and understand how to claim them....   read more »

Getting your MP on board
You can make a real impact by getting your own Labour MP or Euro Candidate out campaigning with you on Spotlight Day. ...   read more »

Order the latest campaign materials
...   read more »

More ways to help our campaign »

Further Information

Parents and Carers Spotlight Day - 18 June 2009
Nearly half of all first time parents are worried about money, yet most have not heard of Child Benefit, let alone the other benefits to which they are entitled....
read more »

Help Usdaw end child poverty - 10 June 2009
The Labour Government has pledged to end child poverty by 2020 and Usdaw is urging all of its members to support it....
read more »

New parents pack - 07 June 2009
Usdaw's new Maternity and Parental Rights pack will be published in July....
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First time families - 05 June 2009
Usdaw’s First Time Families campaign is now up and running in the Eastern and Southern Divisions....
read more »

Maternity leave boost - 04 June 2009
The extension of paid maternity leave to 12 months, with nine of these paid, and the introduction of two weeks paid paternity leave has proved to be very popular with union members....
read more »

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