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Usdaw backs Labour's Ministry for Employment Rights to tackle insecure work and poverty pay
23 September 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has today called for wide-ranging improvements to employment rights to help workers struggling to make ends because of insecure work and low pay.
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Usdaw welcomes RS Components of Corby committing to the TUC's Dying to Work Charter
23 September 2019
Following negotiations with Usdaw, RS Components has added their name to a Trades Union Congress (TUC) charter aimed at helping employees who become terminally ill at work.
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Prescription charges to be abolished under Labour - Usdaw backs the policy to help struggling low-paid workers
22 September 2019
Retail trade union Usdaw has backed today’s announcement by Johnathan Ashworth MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Health, that the next labour Government will abolish prescription charges in England, as they already are in the rest of the UK.
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Sure Start Plus: Usdaw welcomes Labour commitment to invest in early years provision
22 September 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis has welcomed today’s promise to “deliver a renewed Sure Start programme, Sure Start Plus”, announced by Angela Rayner MP, Shadow Education Minister to Labour’s annual conference in Brighton.
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Usdaw welcomes Labour commitment to support workers going through the menopause
21 September 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has welcomed today’s conference announcement in Brighton by Dawn Butler MP, that large employers will be forced to provide flexible hours to women experiencing the menopause under Labour plans to end stigma in the workplace.
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Paddy Lillis sets out Usdaw's agenda for Labour's Conference - the retail crisis workers' voice and Brexit (of course)
21 September 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis is leading a delegation of Usdaw members to the annual Labour Party Conference in Brighton. Looking at this year’s gathering, Paddy Lillis - Usdaw General Secretary writes:
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Solidarity with today's global climate crisis school strike - Usdaw backs 'a just transition to a greener fairer economy'
20 September 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw sends a message of solidarity to all those protesting for action on the climate crisis as part of today’s global school strike.
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Müller confirms Aberdeen depot closure - Usdaw supporting devastated staff
19 September 2019
Müller Milk & Ingredients (MMI) has confirmed that it is to wind down operations at its Aberdeen depot with the potential loss of 45 jobs.
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Sign the petition for recognition - Usdaw campaigns outside Worcester M&S with Labour candidate Lynn Denham
18 September 2019
Campaigners from the shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw will be joined, on Friday, by Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Worcester, Lynn Denham, outside the Marks and Spencer store on Worcester High Street to call on the company to recognise the union.
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Another blow for Dundee's high street - Usdaw supporting members at Tesco's Murraygate store
17 September 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is supporting members working in the Tesco Metro store on Murraygate in Dundee, after the company announced it is set to close because the landlord has decided not to renew the lease.