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Dairy Home delivery Home Shopping Production and Manufacturing Retail Food Retail Non-food Transport Warehouse and Distribution Displaying results 51 - 70 (of 94) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 next Inflation rate dip is no comfort for those struggling to make ends meet says Usdaw, we need a new deal for workers 14 December 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw continues to call for a new deal for workers to help struggling families deal with cost of living crisis, because wages are still being devalued by rising prices. Today the Retail Prices Index (RPI) rate of inflation dipped slightly to 14% and the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rate to 10.7%. Three-quarters of low-paid workers cannot afford to take sick leave – an Usdaw survey finds 05 December 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw continues to call for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) reform following the union’s survey finding that 76% of respondents cannot afford to take sick leave, rising to 9 in 10 for those on in-work benefits, because of the cost of living crisis and very low SSP at just £99.35 a week. Usdaw surveyed over 7,500 members, who are mainly low-paid key workers in retail. Paying a lower minimum wage to young workers is unfair – Usdaw calls for an end to rip-off youth rates 02 December 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw again calls for young workers to be paid a higher minimum wage after TUC research suggests 900,000 under-21-year-olds were being left ‘massively out of pocket’, with young people losing an average of £2,800 every year. Peer's call for free school meals for families on in-work benefits welcomed by Usdaw 24 November 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw had called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to use his Autumn Budget to extend free school meals to all children whose households are in receipt of income related benefits, including Universal Credit. The union criticised the Government for not agreeing that, but welcomes that Peers in the House of Lords have also added their support. Welsh Labour Women’s Conference 2022: Usdaw highlights the gendered impact of the cost of living crisis 18 November 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw has a delegation attending the Welsh Labour Women’s Conference in Aberystwyth on 19 November. The union is highlighting how the cost of living crisis has a greater impact on women workers and is calling for Welsh Labour to support improving incomes to help the lowest paid make ends meet. STUC Disabled Workers’ Conference 2022: Usdaw calls for an end to the impact of austerity and raises issues around flexible working 18 November 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw has a delegation attending the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) Disabled Workers’ Conference, which is being held in Glasgow on 19 and 20 November. The union is calling for an end to disabled workers paying the price for austerity policies and for access to flexible working to be promoted. Energy bills to increase by 135% in a year under the Tories – Usdaw condemns the Government for failing workers in the cost of living crisis 17 November 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw has criticised the Government’s inadequate response to energy price increases, with household bills already doubled in six months and set for a 135% annual increase in a year. Average household energy bills were £1,277 in March 2022, climbed to £2,500 in October 2022 and will now rise to £3,000 by next April 2023. Autumn Budget 2022: Workers punished for Tory economic failures with too little help too late says Usdaw 17 November 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw has responded to today Autumn Budget with disappointment that low-paid working people face below inflation income increases nowhere near enough to help with the cost of living crisis. RPI inflation hits 14.2% - Usdaw calls on the Chancellor to deliver a Budget to boost low-paid workers’ incomes 16 November 2022 Retail trade union Usdaw is calling on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to take immediate action in tomorrow’s Budget to tackle the cost of living crisis, as inflation continues to grow and wages are devalued by rising prices. The Retail Prices Index rate of inflation increased to 14.2% today and the Consumer Prices Index reached 11.1%. Usdaw argues that RPI is a more accurate measure of inflation, particularly as it includes housing costs. Chancellor urged by Usdaw to use his Budget to boost the incomes of low-paid workers who are struggling with the cost of living crisis 15 November 2022 Retail trade union leader Paddy Lillis, Usdaw General Secretary, has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of the Budget on Thursday 17 November, urging him to help low paid workers cope with the cost of living crisis by boosting their incomes. The union has suggested five key measures for the Government to adopt and implement. Displaying results 51 - 70 (of 94) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 next
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