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Network Journal 2005 Issue 2 |
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Make your voice heard on Respect Day July 13
Thousands of Usdaw’s members get involved with Respect for Shopworkers Day – it’s easy! Here’s how you can help promote this year’s national event.
How you can help
- Hold a stall in your high street or a display at your workplace - Usdaw will supply all the leaflets, stickers, posters etc. An order form will be sent to all activists.
- Get your colleagues, friends - even customers if your manager agrees - to sign the petition calling for support for shop staff in preventing underage sales.
- Invite your local MP to visit your workplace to let them know about the incidents of abuse and violence that you and your members suffer. Call your MP at Westminster on 0207 219 3000. You could ask the MP if they will then raise any concerns you and your members have with the local authority or local police.
If you have any questions about getting involved, contact your local rep, local Usdaw office, or political officer Ruth Stoney or David Williams at central office on 0161 224 2804.
The story so far
- Freedom From Fear was launched in October 2002 after members voiced their concern over the escalating incidents in violence and abuse.
- In September 2003 the union held its first National Respect for Shopworkers Day which attracted widespread media coverage.
- In 2004 Usdaw launched its Respect for Shopworkers Week which ran from July 5 to 11.
- The union's Charter of Respect was signed by all the leading retailers.
- A national petition was signed by hundreds of thousands of members and the shopping public and presented to the prime minister in Downing Street.
- During the last three years specially designed safety policies have been taken into shops across the UK offering staff protection.
- The union successfully lobbied Government to introduce Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) to protect staff from threatening gangs and customers.
- Hundreds of MPs have backed our campaign.
- Local authorities and the police have been persuaded to take retail crime more seriously.
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