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Annual Delegate Meeting (General)
Arena 2004
Arena 2005
Arena 2006
Arena 2007
Arena 2008
Benefits
Bullying and Harassment
Campaigns
Campaigns - Freedom From Fear
Campaigns - Minimum Wage
Campaigns - Protect Xmas Day & New Year's Day in Scotland
Campaigns - Supporting Parents and Carers
Campaigns - Union4marks
Coop
Disability
Domestic Violence
Dyslexia
Equality
Equality - Age
Equality - LGBT
Equality - Race
Executive Council Statements
Health and Safety
Health and Safety - Leaflets
Health and Safety - Posters
Health and Safety - Rep Guides
Health and Safety - Rep tool
Learning Bug
Legal Services
Lifelong Learning Guides
Lifelong Learning Promotional Materials
Lifelong Learning Publications Order Form
Maternity and Paternity
Membership
Membership Services
Network 2004
Network 2005
Network 2006
Network 2007
Network 2008
Order Forms
Organising Academy
Organising and Recruitment
Partnership
Pensions
Political
Research Bargaining Reports - 2005
Research Bargaining Reports - 2006
Research Bargaining Reports - 2007
Research Bargaining Reports - 2008
Rights at Work
Sunday Working
Tax Credits
Toolkit for Lifelong Learning
Top 10 downloads
Training Opportunities
Transport
Union Representatives
Women
Woolworths
Working Hours
Youth
Annual Delegate Meeting (General)
2007 ADM Video/DVD order form
Members guide to the Annual Delegate Meeting
Arena 2004
Arena 2004 - Issue 1 (January/February)
Arena 2004 - Issue 2 (March/April)
Arena 2004 - Issue 3 (May/June)
Arena 2004 - Issue 4 (July/August)
Arena 2004 - Issue 5 (September/October)
Arena 2004 - Issue 6 (November/December)
Arena 2005
Arena 2005 - Issue 1 (January/February)
Arena 2005 - Issue 2 (March/April)
Arena 2005 - Issue 3 (May/June)
Arena 2005 - Issue 4 (July/August)
Arena 2005 - Issue 5 (September/October)
Arena 2005 - Issue 6 (November/December)
Arena 2006
Arena 2006 - Issue 1 (January/February)
Arena 2006 - Issue 2 (March/April)
Arena 2006 - Issue 3 (Summer)
Arena 2006 - Issue 4 (Autumn)
Arena 2006 - Issue 5 (Winter)
Arena 2007
Arena 2007 - Issue 1 (Spring)
Arena 2007 - Issue 2 (Summer)
Arena 2007 - Issue 3 (Autumn)
Arena 2007 - Issue 4 (Winter)
Arena 2008
Arena 2008 - Issue 1 (Spring)
Arena 2008 - Issue 2 (Summer)
Arena 2008 - Issue 3 (Autumn)
Arena 2008 - Issue 4 (Winter)
Benefits
Our services and benefits package cannot be beaten (Leaflet 303)
Our services and benefits package cannot be beaten (Poster R3) A4
Bullying and Harassment
Lets put a stop to bullying at work
Lets put a stop to bullying at work (Leaflet 314)
Racial harassment at work – a guide for union representatives (Leaflet 288)
Sexual harassment at work - a leaflet for Usdaw members (Leaflet 285)
Sexual harassment at work: an advice booklet for union reps (Leaflet 301)
Campaigns
Usdaw's campaigns are winning for our members
Winning through campaigning (Leaflet 363)
Campaigns - Freedom From Fear
Abuse is not part of the job (A4 Poster)
Abuse is not part of the job (Leaflet 296)
Don’t be a victim of violent crime (Leaflet 313)
Late-night working - preventing violence to staff (Leaflet 294)
Life on the Frontline
Model policy statement on prevention of violence to retail staff
Model policy statement on respect for shopworkers
Preventing under-age sales (Leaflet 351)
Preventing violence to retail staff – an Usdaw guide
Protecting shopworkers from anti-social behaviour (Leaflet 338)
Respect for Shopworkers Week - Briefing Notes for Activists
Respect for Shopworkers Week - Campaign Materials Order Form
Respect for Shopworkers Week - Keep Your Cool at Christmas (A5 Leaflet)
Respect for Shopworkers Week - Retail Staff Survey Briefing
Respect for Shopworkers Week - Retail Staff Survey Form
Respect for Shopworkers Week Pledge Card - Keep Your Cool at Christmas
Respect for Shopworkers Week – Top 10 Tips to Survive Christmas Card
Respect for Shopworkers Week – complete pack
Voices From the Frontline: Revisited
Voices from the frontline
While you are looking after the shop who is looking after you? (Leaflet 362)
Campaigns - Minimum Wage
A National Minimum Wage for 16 and 17 year olds – written evidence October 2003
Minimum wage for 16 and 17 year olds campaign pack for MPs
Minimum wage for 16 and 17 year olds campaign pack for MPs – briefing
Minimum wage for 16 and 17 year olds campaign pack for MPs – model letter to 16 and 17 year olds
Minimum wage for 16 and 17 year olds campaign pack for MPs – model press release for MPs
Minimum wage for 16 and 17 year olds campaign pack for MPs – response form
National Minimum Wage – Evidence to the Low Pay Commission October 2002
Usdaw Survey of Young People and the Minimum Wage
Campaigns - Protect Xmas Day & New Year's Day in Scotland
Protect Christmas Day and New Year’s Day in Scotland – Postcard
Protect Christmas and New Year’s Day in Scotland – Newsletter
Sunday working – would you rather not?
Campaigns - Supporting Parents and Carers
Are you juggling work with bringing up a family or caring for someone? (Poster R22) A4
Are you pregnant or a new mother? (Poster R20) A4
Bargaining for better maternity pay - calculation guide
Bargaining for better paternity pay - calculation guide
Campaigning on maternity rights (Leaflet 341)
Campaigning to improve statutory maternity rights postcard
Carers in Usdaw
Fair Play for Working Carers (Poster R34)
Flexible working - your right to have a say in the hours you work (Leaflet 346)
Flexible working – letter to your MP
Going on maternity leave postcard
Helping you with childcare (Leaflet 345)
Supporting Parents and Carers Campaign - postcard
Supporting Parents and Carers Campaign - reps briefing No.1
Supporting Parents and Carers Campaign - reps briefing No.2
Supporting Parents and Carers' Spotlight Day - Introduction letter from the General Secretary
Supporting Parents and Carers' Spotlight Day - Leaflet Order Form
Supporting Parents and Carers' Spotlight Day – Campaign Briefing
Supporting Parents and Carers' Spotlight Day – Fair Play for Working Carers postcard
Supporting Parents and Carers' Spotlight Day – How to lobby your MP
Supporting Parents and Carers' Spotlight Day – Petition
Supporting Parents and Carers' Spotlight Day – Rep's Action Plan
Supporting Parents of School Age Children
Usdaw - campaigning to improve statutory maternity rights (Poster R21) A4
Usdaw - supporting working carers (Leaflet 343)
Usdaw – working with Government to deliver better rights for parents and carers (Poster R35) A4
Your right to time off for family emergencies (Leaflet 349)
Campaigns - Union4marks
Fair Trade? It’s time for a fair trade union in M&S
Fair Trade? It’s time for a fair trade union in M&S (Postcard)
M&S needs a plan B (Postcard)
Usdaw putting M&S staff first (Leaflet 350)
Usdaw putting M&S staff first in Northern Ireland
Coop
Co-op campaign materials order form
Disability
Supporting Disabled Members
Supporting Disabled Members – A Guide for Usdaw Reps
You don’t have to use a wheelchair to be disabled...(Poster R39) A4
Domestic Violence
Domestic violence (Leaflet 287)
Dyslexia
An Usdaw guide to dyslexia
What is dyslexia?
Equality
Equality rights summary
Extended Leave: an advice booklet for union representatives (Leaflet 293)
Nomination Form for Usdaw Divisional Equalities Forums
Organising for equality (A4 Poster)
Equality - Age
A briefing for negotiators on the Employment Equality (Age) Discrimination Regulations 2006
Equality - LGBT
Bargaining for equality lesbian and gay rights No 1
LGBT Equality at Work Briefing
New rights for all lesbian, gay and bisexual workers (Leaflet 337)
Reaching out to LGBT Workers – A Survey
Equality - Race
Bargaining for Race Equality - the right to religious observance
Bargaining for Race Equality No 1 Appendix - the right to religious observance
Labour supporting Muslim communities (Leaflet 336)
RACISM ... is no joke! - video order form
Racial discrimination is criminal – racial equality poster 3
Racism at Work Report
Racism is no joke – racial equality poster 2
Together we can break through – racial equality poster 1
Executive Council Statements
21st Century Organising – Building for the Future
Age Discrimination – An Age Old Injustice
Agency and Migrant Workers
Building a stronger union – recruitment and organisation for the 21st Century
Bullying and harassment
Devolution of power in England, Scotland and Wales
Disability at Work – Tackling Discrimination, Organising the Workplace
Europe - the implications for Usdaw
Fairness at Work - The Employment Relations Act
Flexibility – the challenge for the union
Freedom From Fear campaign
Information and consultation
Lifelong Learning
Organising Migrant Workers
Organising for equality
Part-time work – new regulations
Pensions Raising the Profile
Pensions: Framework for the Future
Politics in action – making change happen
Social partnership
Supporting Parents and Carers
Sustainable organising – power to Usdaw reps!
Time for Change – A New Approach to Flexible Working
Towards an Historic Third Term - Usdaw and Labour
Usdaw and Labour – campaigning in partnership
Usdaw – the Campaigning Union
Usdaw’s Lifelong Learning Work
Work-related stress
Working time - promoting regulation and protection
Young Workers
Health and Safety
Body mapping – telling where it hurts
Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health – an Usdaw safety representatives guide
Health and Safety - Leaflets
Checking out health and safety in shops (Leaflet 254)
How do you feel after a day’s work? (Leaflet 252)
Keep your cool! Tackling heat stress at work (Leaflet 291)
Usdaw needs health and safety reps
Health and Safety - Posters
Health & safety reps wanted - nomination form (Poster NB19)
Keep your cool! Tackling heat stress at work (Poster R7) A4
Personal protective equipment at work
Potential risks at work
You are twice as safe with Usdaw (A4 Poster)
Health and Safety - Rep Guides
Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health – an Usdaw safety representatives guide
Distributing Safety - An Usdaw guide to health and safety in warehouses (Leaflet 366)
Health and safety reps handbook
Preventing manual handling injuries - an Usdaw safety representatives guide
Health and Safety - Rep tool
Body mapping – telling where it hurts
Charting back pain
Model letter to health and safety inspectors
Pregnancy risk assessment checklist (Leaflet 342)
Risk mapping for slips and trips
Six Pack - Usdaw Guide to the 1992 Health And Safety Regulations
Stress Questionnaire
Learning Bug
Learning Bug - Issue 1
Learning Bug - Issue 2
Learning Bug - Issue 3
Learning Bug - Issue 4
Learning Bug - Issue 5
Legal Services
FirstCall Usdaw (Poster R40) A4
FirstCall Usdaw - A5 Leaflet
FirstCall Usdaw - DL Leaflet
FirstCall Usdaw - Reps' Link Leaflet
FirstCall Usdaw - plastic card
Legal Form BL2 (blue)
Legal Form BL3 (pink)
Legal Form BL4 (free Will-writing service)
Legal Form BL6 (grey)
Legal Plus - Looking after you and your family (Leaflet 312)
Legal Plus - Looking after you and your family (Poster R10) A4
Legal Plus - Members Handbook
Legal Plus - Publicity Order Form
Legal Plus - Reps’ Briefing
Legal Plus - representatives’ handbook
Legal Plus Questionnaire
Lifelong Learning Guides
An Usdaw briefing on a statutory right to Workplace Learning Committees
An Usdaw guide to working with colleges
Negotiating training in redundancy/redeployment situations - an Usdaw briefing
Promoting Lifelong Learning - nine steps to a smarter workplace
Lifelong Learning Promotional Materials
Briefing note on the skills pledge
Brush up on your skills
Could you be an Usdaw Union Learning Rep? (A3 Poster)
Get into Learning with Usdaw (Poster R38) A3
Get into learning
Get into learning (A3 Poster)
Have you got the skills for life?
Have you got the skills for life? (A3 Poster)
I am your Usdaw learning rep (Poster NB18) A4
Money for learning
Usdaw briefing – Cuts in ESOL funding
Lifelong Learning Publications Order Form
Lifelong Learning publications order form
Maternity and Paternity
A Briefing for Negotiators on the Work and Families Act 2006
Delivering for pregnant women
Leaflet 1 - Health and safety
Leaflet 2 - Leave and pay
Leaflet 3 - Returning to work
Leaflet 4 - Miscarriage and stillbirth
Leaflet 5 - Extra money for mothers and babies
Leaflet 6 - Sickness and redundancy
Leaflet 7 - Postnatal depression (PND)
Maternity and parental rights - a guide for Usdaw reps (Leaflet 325)
Maternity and parental rights pack
Maternity rights calendar
Negotiating Paid Maternity Leave
Negotiating Parental Leave
Not entitled to Statutory Maternity Pay? Don’t panic...(A5 Flyer)
Membership
Have you moved address or changed your name? (Poster R8) A4
Membership Services
Free prize draw – subscribe to our e-news alerts
Usdaw 2009 Calendar
Network 2004
Network 2004 - Issue 1 (March)
Network 2004 - Issue 2 (June)
Network 2004 - Issue 3 (September)
Network 2004 - Issue 4 (December)
Network 2005
Network 2005 - Issue 1 (March)
Network 2005 - Issue 2 (June)
Network 2005 - Issue 3 (September)
Network 2005 - Issue 4 (December)
Network 2006
Network 2006 - Issue 1 (March)
Network 2006 - Issue 2 (July/Aug)
Network 2006 - Issue 3 (Sept/Oct)
Network 2006 - Issue 4 (Nov/Dec)
Network 2007
Network 2007 - Issue 1 (Jan/Feb)
Network 2007 - Issue 2 (March/April)
Network 2007 - Issue 3 (May/June)
Network 2007 - Issue 4 (July/August)
Network 2007 - Issue 5 (September/October)
Network 2007 - Issue 6 (November/December)
Network 2008
Network 2008 - Issue 1 (January/February)
Network 2008 - Issue 2 (March/April)
Network 2008 - Issue 3 (May/June)
Network 2008 - Issue 4 (July/August)
Network 2008 - Issue 5 (September/October)
Network 2008 - Issue 6 (November/December)
Order Forms
Merchandise order form (Leaflet 273)
Usdaw Publications order form (Leaflet 116)
Organising Academy
The Usdaw Organising Academy 2009...are you up for it?
Organising and Recruitment
A vital question – Are you a Sata member? (Poster R16)
A vital question – Are you an Usdaw member? (Poster R15) A4
Can you meet the Organising Challenge? (Leaflet 358)
Join Usdaw here (Poster R9) A4
Join Usdaw the union for all Co-op staff (Leaflet 355)
Recruitment - the things they say (Leaflet 298)
Recruitment leaflets in 35 different languages – order form
Sata logo poster (A4)
Sata will give you value for money (Leaflet 137)
Stand down representative - Can you meet the organising challenge? (Leaflet 353)
Ten good reasons to be a member of Usdaw’s Insurance Section
Ten good reasons to join Sata (Poster R4) A4
Ten good reasons to join Usdaw (R2 Poster) A4
Tesco recruitment and development representative - Can you meet the organising challenge? (Lft 354)
Usdaw logo poster (A4)
Usdaw will give you value for money (Leaflet 261)
We're on your side - The more there are of us, the more you benefit (Poster R30)
We're on your side - There's strength in numbers (Poster R31)
We're on your side - You don't have to cope by yourself (Poster R32)
We're on your side - You've got rights, we look after them (Poster R33)
Partnership
The Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations
Pensions
Usdaw Pensions mini-survey
Usdaw pensions guide – 2008 edition
Want to find out more about pensions? (Leaflet 365)
Political
Arranging a workplace visit for a Labour MP or candidate
Branch affiliations to the Labour Party
Election campaigning volunteer form
Getting involved in the Labour Party form
Have more of a say - join the Labour Party
How the Labour Party works
How to get involved in your local Labour Party
Organising postal votes for members
Stop the BNP (Poster)
Stop the BNP - vote Labour
The Usdaw guide to being a Labour Party GC delegate
Usdaw and politics - a short guide for union activists
Usdaw and politics - campaigning on workplace and political issues
Usdaw campaign leaflets and election materials order form
Vote Labour (A4 Poster)
What’s the Labour Government ever done for us?
What’s the Labour Government ever done for us? (A5 Leaflet)
Working parents, a helping hand - a guide to the rights and benefits for working parents (Lft 348)
Research Bargaining Reports - 2005
Bargaining Report - December 2005
Bargaining Report - November 2005
Bargaining Report - October 2005
Bargaining Report – April 2005
Bargaining Report – August 2005
Bargaining Report – February 2005
Bargaining Report – January 2005
Bargaining Report – July 2005
Bargaining Report – June 2005
Bargaining Report – March 2005
Bargaining Report – May 2005
Bargaining Report – September 2005
Research Bargaining Reports - 2006
Bargaining Report - February 2006
Bargaining Report - January 2006
Bargaining Report - March 2006
Bargaining Report - May 2006
Bargaining Report – April 2006
Bargaining Report – August 2006
Bargaining Report – December 2006
Bargaining Report – July 2006
Bargaining Report – June 2006
Bargaining Report – November 2006
Bargaining Report – October 2006
Bargaining Report – September 2006
Research Bargaining Reports - 2007
Bargaining Report – April 2007
Bargaining Report – August 2007
Bargaining Report – February 2007
Bargaining Report – January 2007
Bargaining Report – July 2007
Bargaining Report – June 2007
Bargaining Report – March 2007
Bargaining Report – May 2007
Bargaining Report – November 2007 (Special Issue)
Bargaining Report – October 2007
Bargaining Report – September 2007
Research Bargaining Reports - 2008
Bargaining Report - December 2008
Bargaining Report - November 2008
Bargaining Report – April 2008
Bargaining Report – August 2008
Bargaining Report – February 2008
Bargaining Report – January 2008
Bargaining Report – July 2008
Bargaining Report – June 2008
Bargaining Report – March 2008
Bargaining Report – May 2008
Bargaining Report – October 2008
Bargaining Report – September 2008
Rights at Work
Our policy is to protect your rights at work (Poster R1) A4
Rights and cash for 16 and 17 year olds (Leaflet 339)
The Working Time Directive: where do we go from here?
The right to request flexible working briefing
Workers' rights - a guide for full-time and part-time workers (Leaflet 211)
Sunday Working
Are you a shopworker? Would you, for any reason, prefer not to work on Sundays? (Leaflet 356)
Sunday Working for Shop and Betting Workers - A guide to your rights (leaflet 278)
Tax Credits
New tax credits and rights (Poster R19) A4
Top tips for claiming tax credits (A3 Poster)
Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit - a briefing for Usdaw activists
Working Tax Credit … now supports working people without children and disabled workers (Leaflet 334)
Toolkit for Lifelong Learning
Campaigning for Lifelong Learning
Could you be an Usdaw Union Learning Rep?
The Usdaw learning rep
There is nothing basic about Basic Skills
Workplace Learning Centres
Workplace Learning Committees
Top 10 downloads
Top 10 downloads of 2007
Training Opportunities
Federations and education in Usdaw (Leaflet 297)
The Usdaw Home Study – Take 5 (Poster R36)
Training members and reps (Leaflet 292)
Usdaw Home Study (Leaflet 130)
Transport
Drivers' Handbook
New rules on drivers’ hours
Professional drivers high visibility clothing
Road Transport Distress Fund Claim Form
Usdaw's Road Transport Conference - Briefing on upcoming legislation