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Network Journal 2005 Issue 3 |
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Company news in brief
Read more about the National Retail Trades Conference, the Usdaw member who lost his legal fight for compensation after being sacked for refusing to work Sundays, and a proposed merger between the Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op and the West Midlands Co-op.
Retail reps are being urged to put their name forward for the union's second biggest event, the National Retail Trades Conference, which will take place in Warrington over the weekend of October 29 & 30.
Preparation for the two-day conference is well underway with top speakers and workshops forming an important part of the lively weekend.
Each division is allowed to send ten delegates so retail reps should put their name forward now, in the first instance through their branches. Contact your local office for more details.
Devout Christian Stephen Copsey who was sacked for refusing to work Sundays has lost his legal fight for compensation.
The court of appeal ruled that his employer, quarry firm WBB Devon Clays in Norfolk, had 'compelling economic reasons' for insisting Mr Copsey was available to work on a Sunday.
While the judges refused Mr Copsey leave to appeal to the House of Lords, they did recognise that the issue of working on holy days was controversial and needed clarification.
A proposed merger between the Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op and the West Midlands Co-op will form the UK's fourth biggest co-op with a turnover of £500 million a year, 7,000 staff and 350 stores.
The merger looks likely to go ahead given the proximity of the two societies who have worked closely together in the past.
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