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Dairy Home delivery Home Shopping Production and Manufacturing Retail Food Retail Non-food Transport Warehouse and Distribution Displaying results 21 - 60 (of 185) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...10 next IKEA’s ongoing commitment to be a Living Wage employer is welcomed, Usdaw continues their call for a new deal for workers 05 December 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed IKEA’s continuing commitment to being a Living Wage employer, ensuring staff will be paid at least £13.15 an hour in London and £12 in the rest of the country from January. The union has been campaigning for a minimum wage of at least £12 per hour now for workers of all ages, as a step towards £15 per hour. North West Labour Conference 2023: Usdaw raises the challenges facing retail and the high streets 24 November 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has a delegation of reps and officials attending the annual conference of the North West Regional Labour Party at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool on 25 and 26 November. The union has a submitted a motion on calling for action to tackle the challenges facing retail and our high streets. Autumn Statement: The Chancellor’s attempt at a ‘give away’ budget is too little too late says Usdaw 22 November 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has condemned the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement as a desperate attempt to grab headlines in the hope that voters will forget thirteen years of austerity, their crashing of the economy and the biggest cost of living crisis in more than a generation. Chancellor is deluded when he says the minimum wage increase will ‘end low pay’ says Usdaw 21 November 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw is disappointed that low-paid workers will not receive a genuine living wage. Today’s increase in the so-called National Living Wage to £11.44 an hour doesn’t meet Usdaw’s call for at least £12 per hour immediately or the real living wage rates of £12 across the UK and £13.15 in London. Disability pay gap highest in a decade - Usdaw says Labour’s new deal would be a game changer for disabled workers 14 November 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw is marking Disability Pay Gap Day by adding to the calls for legislation to ensure employers are compelled to report the disability pay gap in their businesses and placed under a duty to produce action plans to address any gaps identified. King’s Speech: 13 years of austerity, failure and chaos to be followed with a year of stagnation - Usdaw calls for a general election now 07 November 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has condemned the Government’s legislative programme as a wasted opportunity to deliver the change working people desperately need. The list of bills for the coming parliamentary term, likely to be the last before a general election, were today announced in the King’s Speech. King’s Speech: Usdaw calls for an employment bill to help with the cost of living and a protection of workers bill to tackle abuse of shopworkers 06 November 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw is calling on the Government to use the last parliamentary term before a general election to bring forward a long awaited and overdue employment bill to help workers struggling to make ends meet in a cost of living crisis; along with a bill to protect shopworkers from abuse, similar to the existing law in Scotland. Real Living Wage uprating welcomed - Usdaw continues to campaign for it to become the legal minimum for all workers 24 October 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed a much-needed increase in the real Living Wage rates. The Living Wage Foundation has today announced a 10% increase, making the new rates £12 per hour and £13.15 in London for over 18s. Rising prices continue to devalue wages – Usdaw calls for a new deal for workers to tackle the cost of living crisis 18 October 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw is calling for the Government to address the cost of living crisis, after today’s inflation figures show that wages continue to be devalued by prices rising faster than incomes, despite claims to the contrary. The Retail Prices Index (RPI) rate dipped slightly to 8.9%, the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rate remained at 6.7%. Autumn Statement 2023: Usdaw calls for a new deal for workers and a retail recovery plan 16 October 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has made a formal representation to HM Treasury for measures to be included in the 2023 Autumn Statement on 22 November. Following consultation with members, both directly and through their representatives in Usdaw, the union has developed policy suggestions to improve the lives of working people covering the following key areas: Labour Conference 2023: Usdaw and ACS highlight that high streets are at the heart of the everyday economy 09 October 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has today joined with the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) at a Labour conference fringe meeting on High Streets: Heart of the Everyday Economy; highlighting the important role of local shops on high streets and neighbourhood parades. Rachel Reeves demonstrates how Labour’s growth plan will benefit working people says Usdaw 09 October 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed today’s keynote speech to Labour Conference by Rachel Reeves, telling delegates that Labour is “ready to rebuild Britain” and restore economic security after the “chaos” of the Tory years, Rachel Reeves said. Labour Conference 2023: Usdaw President addresses the Labour Unions rally and welcomes the new deal for workers 09 October 2023 Retail trade union President Jane Jones joined fellow trade unionists and leading Labour frontbench MPs in addressing a packed TULO rally at Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool, which was sponsored by Thompson’s Solicitors. Labour Conference 2023: Usdaw welcomes Angela Rayner recommitting the next Labour Government to a New Deal for Workers 08 October 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed Labour’s Deputy Leader Angela Rayner recommitting the next Labour Government to delivering a comprehensive new deal for workers within 100 days of coming into power. Addressing the annual Labour conference in Liverpool the Shadow Deputy Prime Minister set out the details of a new deal that will transform workers’ lives. Prime Minister does not offer the change our members desperately need - says Usdaw - only Labour will deliver 04 October 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has responded to today’s Prime Minister’s speech to the Conservative conference with a call for a general election, so that working people can secure the change they desperately need under a Labour Government. Chancellor’s minimum wage announcement won’t be enough to help workers cope with the cost of living crisis says Usdaw 02 October 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has called on the Chancellor to go further than today’s announcement to the Conservative conference of a minimum wage above £11 per hour from next April. Usdaw is calling for the minimum wage to become a real living wage, alongside a new deal for workers that tackles insecure employment, something Labour has already committed to deliver in the first 100 days of coming into Government. High energy bills and rocketing food prices show the Government must do more to help with the cost of living crisis says Usdaw 29 September 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has again called on the Government to intervene further in tackling the cost of living crisis, which is severely impacting low-paid workers. On Sunday 1 October the cap on the unit price of gas and electricity reduces by £124, but bills remain extremely high. Rising prices continue to devalue wages – Usdaw calls for a new deal for workers to tackle the cost of living crisis 20 September 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw is calling for the Government to address the cost of living crisis, after today’s inflations figures show that wages continue to be devalued by prices rising faster than incomes. The Retail Prices Index (RPI) rate rose from 9% to 9.1%, the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) dipped slightly to 6.7%. TUC 2023: Usdaw welcomes Angela Rayner recommitting the next Labour Government to a New Deal for Workers 12 September 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed Labour’s Deputy Leader Angela Rayner recommitting the next Labour Government to delivering a comprehensive new deal for workers within 100 days of coming into power. Addressing the annual Trades Union Congress in Liverpool the newly appointed Shadow Deputy Prime Minister set out the details of a new deal that will transform workers’ lives. TUC 2023: Congress backs Usdaw’s call for accessible, affordable and available childcare 12 September 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has today successfully moved a motion on ‘Childcare, delivering a just and prosperous society’. Displaying results 21 - 60 (of 185) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...10 next
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