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Dairy Home delivery Home Shopping Production and Manufacturing Retail Food Retail Non-food Transport Warehouse and Distribution Displaying results 41 - 72 (of 72) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All prev 1 2 3 4 next Usdaw's young workers campaign comes to Loughborough Vintage Market and focuses on 'time for better pay' 02 April 2019 Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is bringing their young workers campaign to Loughborough Vintage Market on Friday 5 April between 9am and 3pm. Young Usdaw activists are leading the event, where they will engage with fellow young workers with the union’s Time for Better Pay campaign and Government petition to tackle low pay and job insecurity. Usdaw celebrates 20 years of the National Minimum Wage as rates increase today and calls for at least 10 per hour 01 April 2019 Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is today celebrating 20 years since the first National Minimum Wage came into force on 1 April 1999. While the union welcomes today’s uprating, it is disappointed that the adult rate is now not likely to reach £9 per hour by 2020, as promised. Usdaw continues their ‘time for better pay’ campaign for at least £10 per hour and an end to insecure contracts. TUC Young Workers Conference 2019: Usdaw promotes the 'time for better pay' and 'save our shops' campaigns 22 March 2019 Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is calling on delegates at the TUC Young Workers Conference to support the union’s campaigns ‘time for better pay’ and ‘save our shops’. Low Pay Commission takes evidence from workers in Swansea - Usdaw calls for £10 per hour and the adult rate for young workers 21 March 2019 Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is today meeting with members of the Low Pay Commission (LPC) as they visit Swansea to hear evidence from low-paid workers. Chancellor ignores the retail crisis and offers little to low-paid workers - Spring Statement a missed opportunity says Usdaw 13 March 2019 Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is disappointed that the Chancellor has missed an opportunity, in today’s Spring Statement, to address the deepening crisis in retail and provide substantial help for workers in low-paid insecure work, who are struggling to make ends meet. Spring Statement 2019: Usdaw challenges the Chancellor to 'save our shops' and address the squeeze on workers' incomes 12 March 2019 Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has challenged the Chancellor to deliver on Usdaw ‘save our shops’ and ‘time for better pay’ campaigns in tomorrow’s Spring Statement. Usdaw's young workers week focuses on 'time for better pay' 11 March 2019 Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw today launches their young workers week, focussing on the union’s ‘time for better pay’ campaign and Government petition. Young Usdaw activists are leading 50 events across the UK, where they will engage with fellow young workers in a campaign to tackle low pay and job insecurity. 'Time for better pay' petition passes 25,000 signatures - Usdaw campaign continues 11 March 2019 Usdaw’s ‘time for better pay’ petition on the .gov website has already secured the signatures of over 25,000 people who share the union’s deep concerns about pay and rights of a growing number of workers who find themselves in increasingly insecure employment. Scottish Labour Conference: Usdaw says it's 'time for better pay' 08 March 2019 Usdaw’s delegation to Scottish Labour Conference, which starts today in Dundee, will be raising deep concerns about the continued growth of in-work poverty and the Scottish Government’s failure to tackle this issue. Usdaw continues the struggle for equality at the TUC Women's Conference 06 March 2019 Today Usdaw delegates are gathering with hundreds of other trade union activists for the TUC Women’s Conference at Congress House to promote equality and fight discrimination. Government response to the 'Time for better pay' petition woefully inadequate - Usdaw campaign continues 08 February 2019 Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis has criticised the Government’s woefully inadequate response to the ‘Time for better pay’ petition. 'Time for better pay' petition passes 10,000 signatures - Usdaw campaign continues 23 January 2019 Usdaw’s ‘Time for better pay’ petition is now the fastest growing on the .gov website, having today passed 10,000 signatures in less than two weeks. This means the Government now has to respond to the petition, but the union is continuing to push for 100,000 signatures that should trigger a parliamentary debate. Universal Credit reforms are a small step in the right direction, but there is still a very long way to go says Usdaw 11 January 2019 Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has welcomed Government reforms to Universal Credit, but the union says they are only a small step in the right direction and calls for a fundamental rethink, including a complete overhaul of a system that is broken and will not work. Shopworkers' trade union leader Paddy Lillis launches the 'time for better pay' petition 08 January 2019 Paddy Lillis, General Secretary of the shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw, has today launched the ‘time for better pay’ petition on the .gov website, seeking 100,000 signatures to secure a Government response and possible parliamentary debate. Workers' rights need a fundamental fix - small steps are not the answer says Usdaw 17 December 2018 Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis has called for the Government to go much further than the ‘Good Work Plan’ announced today. Usdaw has been campaigning for significant improvements in the labour market and today’s announcement, whilst bringing some positive developments, will not tackle in-work poverty or other abuses in the jobs market. Usdaw takes tackling women's poverty to the Scottish Labour Women's Conference 23 November 2018 Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has a delegation attending the Scottish Labour Women’s Conference on Saturday 24 November in Dunfermline where the union is moving a motion on tackling women’s poverty. Usdaw calls for Government action after a UN official reveals the extent of in-work poverty in the UK 16 November 2018 Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has called for government action to tackle in-work poverty after a report by a United Nations Special Rapporteur finds that 14 million people in the UK, a fifth of the population, live in poverty. Four million of these are more than 50% below the poverty line, and 1.5 million are destitute, unable to afford basic essentials. Equal Pay Day 2018: Usdaw calls for a £10 an hour minimum wage to help close the gender pay gap 09 November 2018 Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis is calling for action to close the gender pay gap on ‘Equal Pay Day 2018’, Saturday 10 November, which marks the day that women will effectively work for free until the end of the year because of the gender pay gap. Real Living Wage uprating welcomed by Usdaw, but the campaign continues for a £10 per hour minimum 05 November 2018 Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis has welcomed today’s increase in Living Wage rates, as set by the Living Wage Foundation, to £9 per hour and a higher rate of £10.55 in London. Budget 2018: Usdaw challenges the chancellor to tackle the retail crisis, automation and workers struggling to make ends meet 26 October 2018 Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has challenged the Chancellor to deliver on four key issues facing working people. The Chancellor is set to deliver his Budget on Monday and Usdaw is calling on him to: Displaying results 41 - 72 (of 72) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All prev 1 2 3 4 next
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