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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.
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'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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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: