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  • Autumn Arena delivers your chance to back David Miliband and Oona King

    27 August 2010

    The autumn edition of Usdaw’s award winning magazine Arena will be hitting members’ doormats from next Thursday 2 September.

  • March UK propose closure of the Littlewoods final salary pension scheme

    29 July 2010

    March UK, have announced they propose to close the Littlewoods Pension Scheme to future benefit accrual on 31 December 2010.

  • Why Usdaw is endorsing David Miliband

    22 July 2010

    Following the endorsement by Usdaw's Executive Council of David Miliband for leader of the Labour Party, Usdaw's General Secretary commented.

  • Usdaw backs Oona King for Mayor of London

    22 July 2010

    Usdaw, the shopworkers union, today announced they are backing Oona King in the race to become Labour's candidate for the Mayor of London election in 2012.

  • Arcadia Group latest to close pension scheme

    20 July 2010

    The Arcadia Group (which includes well-known high street fashion retailers such as Burton, Topshop, Dorothy Perkins and Miss Selfridge) is the latest employer to close their final salary scheme to future pension build up.

  • Usdaw Welcomes Co-op Support for Vergo Workers

    14 July 2010

    The shopworkers union Usdaw has warmly welcomed decisions by the Co-operative Group and the East of England Co-operative Society to step in and offer financial support to workers recently made redundant following the collapse of Vergo Retail.

  • Inflation link to change for private sector pensions

    9 July 2010

    The government has proposed changing the way that increases are applied to private sector pensions.

  • Firms fined after driver crushed by runaway lorry

    8 July 2010

    Two international companies Exel Europe and Imperial Tobacco have been fined a total of £160,000 following the death of driver who was crushed by a moving lorry in 2007.

  • Have your say on Workers' Rights

    8 July 2010

    The Coalition Government has just launched an on-line public consultation which they say is part of their ‘commitment to cutting red tape, repealing unnecessary laws and supporting civil liberties’.

  • Summer is here

    2 July 2010

    We are now entering what should be the hottest part of the year after one of the driest springs on record. Temperatures are on the rise in many workplaces leaving members feeling hot and fed up but don’t despair, there is something you can do.