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Orgreave truth and justice campaign and the call for a public inquiry is backed by Usdaw delegates
04 May 2022
Usdaw’s Annual Delegate Meeting at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens has today backed the call for a public inquiry into the events at Orgreave during the 1984-5 Miners’ Strike.
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Usdaw delegates back a plan to tackle the housing crisis
04 May 2022
Usdaw’s Annual Delegate Meeting in Blackpool’s Winter Gardens has today debated the current housing crisis and agreed a plan to tackle it.
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Health and safety: Usdaw delegates call for better workplace security, EU safety laws to be retained and pandemic lessons to be learnt
03 May 2022
Usdaw’s Annual Delegate Meeting at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens has today supported calls for employers to do more on security in stores, the retention of safety standards that were guaranteed by EU law, along with the Government and employers learning the lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Save our Shops: Usdaw delegates back business rates reform and a review of parking charges in town and city centres
03 May 2022
Usdaw’s Annual delegate Meeting at Blackpool’s Winter gardens have today backed a call for the reform of business rates and a review of parking charges, both of which are damaging high street retailers in their battle against online competitors.
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Union Learning Fund cut condemned, Usdaw delegates demand its return
03 May 2022
Usdaw’s Annual Delegate Meeting has today condemned the Government for scrapping the Union Learning Fund in England and demanded its reinstatement.
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Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP addresses Usdaw's Annual Delegate meeting in Blackpool’s Winter Gardens
03 May 2022
Labour Shadow Mental Health Minister Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour, Tooting) has today addressed delegates at Usdaw’s annual conference. She delivered a message of thanks to key workers during the pandemic, reflected on the issues and concerns of Usdaw members and promised that a Labour Government will invoke the spirit of 1945 to bring the country out of the pandemic.
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Usdaw urges members and reps to join the fight for a Labour Government, bringing an end to the current failing administration
03 May 2022
Following the key-note address by Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP, delegates at Usdaw’s Annual Delegate Meeting debated the union’s political strategy and agreed the National Executive Council’s statement ‘Politics Matters’.
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Drink and needle spiking should be a specific criminal offence says Usdaw
03 May 2022
Usdaw’s Annual Delegate Meeting has today voted for the Government to make drink and needle spiking a specific criminal offence.
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Better protection for shopworkers is needed in the face of rising violence, threats and abuse says Usdaw
03 May 2022
Usdaw’s Annual Delegate Meeting has today supported a call for legislation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, to make it a specific offence to abuse, threaten or assault a retail worker, as currently exists in Scotland
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Violence against women and girls must tackled and misogyny made a hate crime says Usdaw
03 May 2022
Usdaw’s Annual Delegate Meeting in Blackpool’s Winter Gardens today supported a call on the Government to make misogyny a hate crime and backed a number of measures to tackle violence against women and girls (VAWG).