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Network Journal 2005 Issue 2 |
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Campaigns
Companies
Conferences
Editorial
Get Involved
Health and Safety
Legal Services
Lifelong Learning
Member services
Organising Academy
Pensions
People and Events
Politics
Recruitment and Organising
Rights at work
Campaigns
Companies
Conferences
ADM 2005 - Democracy rules at union’s parliament
The busiest four days in the union’s calendar flew by in April as more than 1,700 delegates, visitors and officials descended on the Winter Gardens in Blackpool to debate all the important issues for Usdaw members at the Annual Delegate Meeting (ADM).
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ADM 2005 - Politics matter as Brown captivates conference
Chancellor Gordon Brown paid special tribute to Usdaw for its support of the Labour Party as part of a wide ranging speech which energised conference.
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ADM 2005 - delegates put transport debate in the fast lane
Six propositions on transport underlined how important this area is to Usdaw members and their families with a number of driving-related issues being debated. This is a regular topic at ADM and one which understandably overlaps with health and safety concerns.
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ADM 2005 - no place for bullies
Bullying in the workplace has its roots in the classroom and has to be stamped out, Christine Bradley, Plymouth PT, told ADM.
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ADM 2005 - reps look to improve service
Delegates were eager to maximise the potential for growth and improve facilities for reps during the organising debate.
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ADM 2005 - sale of alcohol
Fines of £80 for shopworkers who sell alcohol to underage customers should be totally opposed, Edith Hebditch, Bournemouth and South Dorset told conference.
13 June 2005 [Full Story]
ADM 2005 – health and safety debate
Health and safety made its regular mark on ADM with delegates keen to protect their members from injury at work.
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ADM 2005 – public holidays
UK workers should get an additional public holiday between September and December to bring them in line with their European counterparts, said Sarah France, Manchester Central.
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ADM in brief
Further news on subscription rates, charity donations, our new ADM photo gallery and the ordering of ADM videos. See below for full details.
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Editorial
Get Involved
Executive Council by-election
A place on the union’s governing body – the executive council – is up for grabs following the resignation of Thomas Perkins in the Southern division.
13 June 2005 [Full Story]
Health and Safety
Beware of kitchen calamities
The Health and Safety Executive has published a new free information sheet on “Preventing Slips and Trips in Kitchens and Food Service”, (Catering Information Sheet no. 6).
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Compensation award after fall
Harry Ramsden's chip shop worker John Campbell has received almost £50,000 in damages after falling from an unsecured ladder.
13 June 2005 [Full Story]
Corporate manslaughter Bill edges closer
The Home Office has at last published a draft Bill on corporate manslaughter. The proposal to change the law to make it possible to prosecute large organisations where management failure results in someone being killed has been a long-standing manifesto commitment from the Labour Party.
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Health and safety - news in brief
Latest news on a major conference for the food and drink industries and a new forum formed by the HSE on health and safety in the warehouse and distribution sector. Further details below:
13 June 2005 [Full Story]
Put your back into it - safety that is!
The Health and Safety Executive has announced a major national campaign to reduce work-related back injuries. Backs 2005! will run from June 13 to July 15. Over that period HSE will promote awareness about the risks of back pain at work through advertising campaigns and both Local Authority and HSE inspectors will be targeting back pain and manual handling in a co-ordinated inspection programme.
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Skin cancer alarm bells sound
Despite regular campaigns warning people about risks from skin cancer, fewer people are using skin protection products.
13 June 2005 [Full Story]
Legal Services
Compensation culture? Don’t you believe it!
Last year Usdaw’s Legal Plus Service recovered more than £19 million for people injured or treated unfairly at work. Without Usdaw these workers could not have afforded to fund a claim and would have been at the mercy of the ‘no win no fee’ companies who often charge expensive insurance premiums to cover their costs.
13 June 2005 [Full Story]
Lifelong Learning
Hard working reps drive the agenda forward
Lifelong learning is going from strength to strength and behind its success is a small but dedicated army of reps who are delivering new opportunities to thousands of members.
13 June 2005 [Full Story]
Learning to say thank you
Usdaw representatives made a special trip to the House of Commons in May to deliver a thank you to Bill Rammell MP for the Government’s support in making Lifelong Learning such a huge success.
13 June 2005 [Full Story]
Member services
Organising Academy
Pensions
Calling all trustees
Is there an Usdaw member who is a trustee of your pension scheme? In the Pensions Section, we are updating out trustee’s database, and know there are more Usdaw pension trustees out there than we have details for.
13 June 2005 [Full Story]
Putting pensions on the bargaining agenda
Events in 2005 and 2006 will give us new opportunities to make our mark on pensions and we must position ourselves to take advantage of them, writes Pensions Officer Eleanor Lewington
13 June 2005 [Full Story]
People and Events
Destination Edinburgh to Make Poverty History
Usdaw members are being urged to support the worldwide campaign to Make Poverty History and head to Edinburgh with their friends and families on Saturday July 2.
13 June 2005 [Full Story]
Diary Dates
Forthcoming events.
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Live 8 to bang the drum on poverty
The Make Poverty History campaign was boosted when former pop star Sir Bob Geldof announced a series of rock concerts – Live 8 – to help raise awareness of global poverty.
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Putting people like you in the spotlight
As part of a regular feature, Network meets up with one of Usdaw’s 9,500 strong army of reps and finds out what life is like at the sharp end. In this issue North Eastern division’s Eddie Dixon answers our questions.
13 June 2005 [Full Story]
Young people will be seen, heard and listened to
It’s not every day you get the chance to have your say about the union at an all expenses paid weekend. Well that is what’s on offer to young members aged 26 or below at this year’s national youth weekend to be held in Warrington, Cheshire, on October 1&2.
13 June 2005 [Full Story]
Politics
Balls in our court after new MP’s seal of approval
One of Labour’s newest MPs is Ed Balls who took time out from his busy pre-election schedule to lend his support to the Freedom From Fear campaign.
13 June 2005 [Full Story]
Blair attacks rise of claims farmers
The Government will limit the work of claims management companies or ‘claims farmers’, said prime minister Tony Blair as he sought to pour cold water on the myth that is the compensation culture.
13 June 2005 [Full Story]
Labour’s win is good news for members
The minimum wage, protection at work, rights to paid holidays, paid paternity leave, longer paid maternity leave, working tax credits, and rights for union learning reps – to name but a few of the progressive policies introduced by the previous two Governments – will continue thanks to Labour’s historic third victory, writes political officer Ruth Stoney.
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Parliamentary voice will boost union’s campaigns
The Queen’s Speech – which outlines the Government’s policies for the coming parliamentary term – showed that support for working families is as high on the Government’s agenda as it is on Usdaw’s, with an extra three months’ paid maternity and adoption leave, more childcare places and – we hope – the extension of the right to request flexible working.
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Usdaw’s group of MPs strengthened
Sixteen MPs now make up the union’s parliamentary group – making the 2005 general election a record-breaker for Usdaw.
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Recruitment and Organising
Doors open for TUC Organising Academy
The TUC’s Organising Academy is currently recruiting for this year’s Development Centres that form the first stage of the recruitment process for positions on the TUC Organising Academy as Trainee Organisers.
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Great start to Tesco campaign
The recruitment of new members has stepped up apace in Tesco with more members recruited in the first few months of this year than ever before.
13 June 2005 [Full Story]
Membership update
How the divisions stack up:
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Recruitment prize draw will reward your efforts
New members could help you win a new car, a luxury holiday or free shopping trips after Usdaw launched its national recruitment prize draw in May.
13 June 2005 [Full Story]
Stand up – and become a stand down rep
Do you have the necessary skills to organise and recruit in workplaces other than your own? Are you self motivated, committed to Usdaw and can show a proven track record of recruitment and organising? Would you like the opportunity to develop and improve your skills?
13 June 2005 [Full Story]
Rights at work
Keep up-to-date with the latest publications
Usdaw publishes a wide range of informative leaflets and booklets which will keep you informed of; your rights at work; health and safety; your entitlement to benefits and many other issues.
13 June 2005 [Full Story]
Working week opt-out right
The European Parliament has voted to end the individual right to opt-out of the maximum 48 hour working week. If agreed by the European Union it could be phased out in 3 years.
13 June 2005 [Full Story]
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