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Tinkering at the edges is not good enough - Universal Credit needs to be overhauled and the roll-out immediately halted says Usdaw
17 October 2018
Paddy Lillis has welcomed today’s opposition day debate in the House of Commons and renewed Usdaw’s call on the Government to immediately halt the roll-out of Universal Credit. That would enable a fundamental rethink and a complete overhaul of a system that is broken and will not work.
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Prime Minister keen to criticise Labour, but offers little for working people struggling to make ends meet
03 October 2018
Shopworkers' trade union leader Paddy Lillis has expressed disappointment with the Prime Minister's speech to the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.
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Universal Credit needs to be overhauled and the rollout should be immediately halted - Usdaw tells Labour Conference
24 September 2018
Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis has today called on the Government to immediately halt the roll-out of Universal Credit, to allow for a fundamental rethink and a complete overhaul of a system that is broken and will not work.
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Labour will address the balance of power at work - Usdaw welcomes commitments to give workers a voice
24 September 2018
Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis has welcomed the Shadow Chancellor’s speech to Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool today. John McDonnell MP identified key policies that will deliver on Usdaw’s ‘Time for Better Pay’ campaign.
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Cost of living rises again - Usdaw says it is 'Time for Better Pay'
19 September 2018
Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis has called for urgent Government action on pay, as inflation rises for the second consecutive month. Usdaw’s survey of over 10,000 workers shows that two-thirds feel worse off than they did five years ago.
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Unions 21 interview the 'newest general secretary on the block' Paddy Lillis in their latest podcast
13 September 2018
Shopworkers trade union leader Paddy Lillis has given a wide-ranging interview to Unions 21 about his vision for the future of Usdaw and the retail industry.
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Archbishop of Canterbury backs Usdaws call for the roll out of Universal Credit to be halted
12 September 2018
Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis has welcomed the support of the Archbishop of Canterbury for a halt in the rolling out of Universal Credit, when asked after his address to the Trades Union Congress in Manchester.
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Usdaw welcomes Labour's commitment to abolish zero-hours contracts by requiring employers to guarantee minimum hours
11 September 2018
Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis has welcomed a wide-ranging address to the annual TUC conference in Manchester by John McDonnell MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, which was packed with commitments to improve workers’ rights.
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Paddy Lillis launches Usdaw's 'Time for Better Pay' campaign at the Trade Union Congress
11 September 2018
Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis launches the ‘Time for Better Pay’ campaign at the TUC Congress. A survey of over 10,000 workers has laid bare the issues that working people are facing as a result of low pay, short and zero hours contracts and insecure work.
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Usdaw calls for better pay and secure work to help combat the mental health crisis
10 September 2018
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has called for action to help workers deal with the growing mental health crisis. An Usdaw survey of over 10,000 workers has laid bare the issues that working people are facing as a result of low pay, short and zero hours contracts and insecure work, including 63% who say that financial worries were having an impact on their mental health.