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Network Journal 2008 Issue 2 March/April |
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Campaigns – Parents and Carers
Companies
Conferences
Editorial
Equality
Health and Safety
Letters
Lifelong Learning
News In Brief
Pay
People and Events
Politics
Recruitment and Organising
Rights at work
Training
Young Workers
Campaigns – Parents and Carers
Carers Spotlight Day - Get involved!
This year is an important one for working carers who we know often struggle to make their voices heard, writes equalities officer Jo Bird.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Dealing with childcare problems
Usdaw reps in Bury St Edmunds recently did a great job raising the union’s profile by running a survey in their workplaces.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Flexibility for all parents
Usdaw has called on the Government to extend the right to request flexible working and make it available to all parents.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
What you said about flexible working
Thousands of Usdaw members have made use of the right to request flexible working which gives parents of children up to the age of six, and carers the right to ask their employer for a change in their hours to help them juggle work with their caring commitments.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Companies
Company news in brief
The news in brief.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
FreshXpress soon goes stale
The company that emerged out of the Kwik Save disaster – FreshXpress – went into administration in March.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
New agreement signed with sunrise solutions
Usdaw has signed a recognition and procedural agreement with Blackpool-based Sunrise Solutions – a company which supplies fixed term labour from the UK and Europe mainly for the food manufacturing sector.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Political lobby by Redcats reps
A delegation of senior officials, Wakefield MP Mary Creagh, Hemsworth MP John Trickett and reps from Redcats UK met secretary of state for business, enterprise and regulatory reform John Hutton in March, to discuss the Redcats’ closure of Empire Stores.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Conferences
Active reps drive union forward
The union’s biggest division – the North West – has been using get-togethers to unite its teams of reps, improve communications, and provide vital support. Network takes a closer look.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Vox pop video at ADM
Have you been verbally abused, threatened or assaulted by a customer? Do you represent shopworkers who are working in fear of the next incident in your store?
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Editorial
Take the credit on offer
The Government’s Budget as usual attracted many a headline, particularly increases in tobacco and alcohol prices and the withdrawal of the ten per cent tax rate – all of these will impact on many of our members.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Equality
Conference call for women members
The TUC Women’s Conference in Eastbourne gave Usdaw’s delegates and women from across the trade union movement the chance to discuss what issues the TUC should be campaigning on in the year ahead.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Equalities news in brief
The news in brief.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Gender pay gap
A new TUC report shows that women are far more likely to be poor than men, writes equalities officer Ruth Cross.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Learning to communicate
English courses for overseas workers are essential to improving communications. Marek Galazka from Poland is at the forefront of providing these courses for members at his site.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Health and Safety
Letters
Activists visit House of Commons
Mike Brewer, North Eastern divisional officer
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Brent Cross taster day
Phil Gander, lifelong learning project worker, Eastern division
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Charity Crop
Peter Watson, North Cornwall A73
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Elaine Davies
Ellen Shaw, NW Tesco Retail No.4 K120
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Green camp
TUC Press Office.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Letters to the editor
Write to the editor of Network and you could win £25 if your letter is chosen as the star letter.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Lydia’s 50 years celebration
Tom Defty, branch secretary, Tyneside Co-op F70
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Membership Plus!
Bipin Pitrola, area organiser, Cardiff office
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Stand-down and deliver
Adrian Collins, area organiser, Bristol office
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Tax refund thank you
Marion Rogers, NW Tesco Retail No.2 K139
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Where there’s a will...
David J Urquhart, Norfolk Area Tesco C97
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Win £250 with your short story
Always wanted to try your hand at creative writing? Well here’s your chance.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Lifelong Learning
Calling all learners
Think of call centres and you will probably visualise the 20th century phenomenon that looks set to continue throughout the 21st of modern purpose built buildings lacking character and history.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Catch 22 for NVQ
It was celebration time at Littlewoods Shop Direct in Chadderton, Greater Manchester when 22 staff were presented with their NVQ certificates in distribution and warehousing.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Lifelong learning how to find out more
Usdaw launched its highly successful lifelong learning campaign seven years ago. Since then it has shown that when learning is made accessible and affordable, Usdaw members are keen to get involved
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Opening doors for members
Members at sausage and bacon producers Grampian Foods in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland can now get a slice of the action thanks to the signing of a new learning agreement earlier this year.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Qualified success
More than 30 employees from the DHL/ARGOS distribution centre in Darlington, County Durham, were presented with their NVQ certificates in January.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Quality counts
Lifelong learning is proving to be the top treat for workers at well-known biscuit factory McVities in Manchester.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
News In Brief
Pay
Minimum wage boost
The National minimum wage (NMW) will rise from £5.52 to £5.73 for workers aged 22 and over, the Government has announced.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
People and Events
Politics
Recruitment and Organising
Activist-in-depth
Network meets up with one of Usdaw’s 10,500-strong army of reps and finds out what life is like at the sharp end. South Wales and Western division’s Tony Strudwick answers our questions.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Breakthrough at Asda NI
Reps in Asda gave Membership Week a major boost in January as they continued to increase union members in their Northern Ireland stores.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Doing something different
Sainsbury’s rep Sandra Gair jumped at the challenge of being a stand-down rep so she could put her recruitment skills to the test in different workplaces.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Driving ahead at Somerfield
Age is no barrier to being a successful rep as 72 year-old John Knobbs has proved.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Stand-down rep
What does being a stand-down rep mean for you?
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Stand-down success
Dedicated Sainsbury’s rep Trish Radford’s flair for recruitment paid real dividends when she signed up 189 new members and 20 new reps during her time out as a stand-down rep.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Team Sainsbury’s
Convener Harry Thompson and his top team of reps are delivering for hundreds of members at the Sainsbury’s distribution centre in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Rights at work
Training
Branch officers check out tailor made course in Warrington
Eighteen newly elected branch officers made the most of Usdaw’s special five day residential course in January held at the national training centre in Warrington.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Co-operative retail logistics negotiating course
The impressive surroundings of Wortley Hall in Yorkshire provided an ideal setting for the bargaining skills training course for the national negotiating committee members at Co-op Retail Logistics (pictured).
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Pension students
Experts from the union’s pensions department were invited to a special weekend workshop to help North Eastern members and activists get to grips with their company and state pension schemes.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Pole to pole
Usdaw is determined to bring agency and migrant workers into membership and encourage them to become reps. Network takes a look at the first course held for Polish workers.
30 April 2008 [Full Story]
Young Workers
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