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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.
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Usdaw rep and activist from Sheffield wins the TUC Youth Award
12 September 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is celebrating the success of Christina Distefano, an activist from Sheffield who has scooped this year’s TUC Youth Award at the Trades Union Congress in Brighton.
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We need a Labour Government to clean up the Tories' Brexit mess says Usdaw
11 September 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis has praised today’s address by Sir Keir Starmer MP to the Trades Union Congress in Brighton.
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Retail jobs are proper jobs, shopworkers must be valued and respected says Usdaw
10 September 2019
Shopworkers trade union Usdaw today lead a call, at the Trades Union Congress in Brighton, to focus on the mental health and well-being of workers and support World Mental Health Day on 10 October. The composite motion passed unanimously and was also promoted by the Professional Footballers Association, the Communication workers Union, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and Equity.
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Labour will deliver on the Usdaw 'Time for Better Pay' campaign
10 September 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis has welcomed a keynote speech to the Trades Union Congress in Brighton by Laura Pidcock MP, future Minister for Employment Rights in the next Labour Government.
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Jeremy Corbyn shows that only Labour can deliver the changes workers need says Usdaw
10 September 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis has praised Jeremy Corbyn’s address to the Trades Union Congress in Brighton today. The Labour leader set out a vision of a Labour government that will deliver change for the benefit of working people through the creation of a Ministry for Employment Rights.
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Shocking report shows a threefold increase in assaults and threats against shopworkers - Usdaw calls for Government action
10 September 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has called for Government action in light of research by Dr Emmeline Taylor of City, University of London, highlighting official figures from the Home Office which show that there has been a threefold increase in assaults and threats against shopworkers.
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'Save our Shops' - Usdaw launches a new petition on the TUC 'Megaphone' site
09 September 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has today launched a new ‘Save our Shops’ petition at the Trades Union Congress in Brighton, calling on the Government to take urgent action to tackle the ongoing and deepening crisis in retail.
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Underemployment and short hours contracts must be tackled says Usdaw
09 September 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has identified underemployment and short hours contracts as key issues for the future world of work; as the Trades Union Congress in Brighton debates how we deal with the challenges of automation and new technology.