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ICTU Biennial Conference: Usdaw calls for action to 'save our shops' in the face of a retail crisis
01 July 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union is raising the retail crisis at the Irish Congress of Trade Unions Biennial Delegate Conference, which starts tomorrow in Dublin.
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Tory leadership candidates offer little hope for tackling the crisis on our high streets says Usdaw
28 June 2019
Following the two Conservative leadership candidates laying out their manifestoes for the high street, Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw says there is little hope that the next Conservative Prime Minister will take the significant action needed to save our shops and the local communities that depend on them,
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Boots confirms 200 store closures - Usdaw calls on the company to enter into talks
28 June 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is calling on Walgreens Boots Alliance to enter into talks with the union after the company confirms the closure of around 200 stores by 2021.
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Save our Shops! Usdaw's campaign hits the high streets again tomorrow
21 June 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is campaigning for the Government to take urgent action to ‘Save Our Shops’. Activists from the union will be engaging with local MPs and the shopping public to urge them to support the campaign by signing the ‘Save our Shops’ petition. See below for a list of event locations.
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Save our Shops! Usdaw's campaign hits Gloucester city centre tomorrow
21 June 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is campaigning for the Government to take urgent action to ‘Save Our Shops’. Activists from the union will be joined by Fran Boait (Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate for Gloucester) and engaging with the shopping public to urge them to support the campaign by signing the ‘Save our Shops’ petition.
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Government must offer more than warm words about Arcadia as the high street crisis deepens - Usdaw calls for a retail industrial strategy
11 June 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has called on the Government to step up its efforts to tackle the high street crisis as the fate of another major retailer hangs in the balance, along with the jobs of 18,000 staff. Arcadia has been locked in negotiations with landlords as it seeks agreement on company voluntary arrangements, and a further meeting is due tomorrow.
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Save our shops: Two new reports expose the depth of the crisis on our high streets - Usdaw calls for a retail industrial strategy
10 June 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw calls on the Government to adopt the union’s industrial strategy for retail, which was launched last week in Parliament, after two reports today show that retail footfall is slowing down and consumers fear for the future of the high street.
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Shopworkers' trade union Usdaw launches an industrial strategy to tackle the retail crisis and 'save our shops'
05 June 2019
MPs and leading retail figures are today attending the parliamentary launch of Usdaw’s industrial strategy for retail. The shopworkers’ trade union is proposing detailed and evidence led policies, centred on three key areas:
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Philip Green must engage with Usdaw to give Arcadia staff a voice and avoid another BHS style scandal
22 May 2019
Sir Philip Green's Arcadia Group has tonight announced plans to shut 23 stores putting 520 jobs at risk. Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has called for urgent talks. Dorothy Perkins, Burton, Topshop and Topman stores have been earmarked
for closure as part of a company voluntary arrangement (CVA).
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Debenhams turmoil continues as new owners announce store closures - Usdaw calls for urgent talks and for the staff to be treated with dignity
26 April 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has called for urgent talks to give staff a voice in the future of the company, as the new owners confirm 22 store closures after Christmas, putting 1,200 jobs at risk, as part of a 50 store closure plan.