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Dairy Home delivery Home Shopping Production and Manufacturing Retail Food Retail Non-food Transport Warehouse and Distribution Displaying results 161 - 185 (of 185) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All prev 1... 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 next Statutory sick pay is not enough – Usdaw calls on the Government to deliver a New Deal for Workers 06 April 2021 Retail trade union Usdaw has expressed disappointment that after today’s increase, Statutory Sick Pay, at just £96.35 per week, is still far too low. SSP does not provide the necessary financial support for millions of low-paid workers who have to take time off work because they are ill, self-isolating or shielding. Minimum wage increase not enough says Usdaw, the very least key workers deserve is £10 per hour 01 April 2021 Retail trade union Usdaw is disappointed that low paid workers have not received the full minimum wage increase they were promised. Today’s increase in the so-called National Living Wage (NLW) of 19p to £8.91 an hour doesn’t meet Usdaw’s call for £10 per hour, the real living wage rate of £9.50 or even the Government’s previously projected rate of £9.21. TUC Young Workers' Conference 2021: Usdaw highlights how the pandemic has impacted young workers’ rights and safety 26 March 2021 Retail trade union Usdaw has a delegation of members attending this year’s online TUC Young Workers’ Conference, which takes place this weekend (27-28 March). The union is highlighting the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on young workers; in particular that they are more likely to be furloughed, lose their job, be in low-paid insecure work and experience abuse. One year of Covid lockdowns and restrictions shows we need a New Deal for Workers 22 March 2021 Retail trade union Usdaw is marking the anniversary of the first coronavirus pandemic lockdown by renewing their call for a New Deal for Workers. International Women's Day 2021: Usdaw continues the campaign for equality through the pandemic 08 March 2021 Usdaw is marking today’s International Women’s Day by pledging to continue to campaign for equality and to keep women’s equality high on the union’s negotiating, organising and political agendas. Prior to the pandemic inequality in the UK was worsening. During the crisis Usdaw has campaigned to tackle inequality with the New Deal for Workers campaign. Sainsbury's pay offer falls short of the £10 per hour aim - Usdaw says staff deserve better 25 February 2021 Retail trade union Usdaw is disappointed that the Sainsbury’s and Argos 2021 pay offer does not meet the £10 per hour aim of the union’s New Deal for Workers campaign. The company has offered an increase to £9.50 per hour, which falls short of the deal Usdaw negotiated with Morrisons to pay staff £10 an hour from April. Budget 2021: Usdaw makes the case for retail recovery, along with support for workers’ jobs, incomes and lifelong learning 24 February 2021 Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis has written the Chancellor of the Exchequer outlining Usdaw’s key priorities for next week’s Budget on Wednesday 3 March 2021. Usdaw joins a Labour and trade union taskforce to promote a new deal on workers' rights 11 February 2021 Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis will represent Usdaw on a new taskforce: ‘Recover and Rebuild: Power in the Workplace’, which brings together Labour frontbencher Andy McDonald MP and the Labour affiliated trade unions. Morrisons pay deal: Usdaw negotiates a £10 per hour basic rate in a major step forward for the union's New Deal for Workers campaign 13 January 2021 Retail trade union Usdaw has negotiated a £10 per hour basic rate for Morrisons shopworkers in a ground-breaking pay deal. The offer, which goes out to ballot and is recommended by Usdaw, is a major step forward for the union’s New Deal for Workers campaign that called for £10 and is 50p an hour above the voluntary Living Wage Foundation rate. Minimum wage increase is not enough and Universal Credit uplift should have been made permanent says Usdaw 25 November 2020 Retail trade union Usdaw is disappointed that low paid workers will not get the full minimum wage increase they were promised. The increase of 19p to £8.91 an hour doesn’t meet the union’s call for £10 per hour, the real living wage rate of £9.50 or even the Government’s previously projected rate of £9.21. 'Real' Living Wage uprating welcomed - Usdaw continues the campaign for at least £10 per hour for all workers 09 November 2020 Retail trade union leader Paddy Lillis has welcomed today’s increase in Living Wage rates, as set by the Living Wage Foundation, and continues to call for at least £10 per hour for workers of all ages. Keir Starmer's new leadership offers a credible alternative to Tory incompetence says Usdaw 22 September 2020 Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed today’s keynote address to Labour Connected by Keir Starmer, Leader of the Labour Party, where he thanked shop workers and all key workers for changing people’s lives and making a difference and promised a new leadership in contrast to Tory incompetence. Angela Rayner's commitment to fighting any attempt to freeze minimum wage rates welcomed by Usdaw 20 September 2020 Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed today’s keynote address to Labour Connected by Angela Rayner, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, where she hailed the efforts of millions of low-paid key workers who kept the country safe, fed and connected and went on to commit the Party to fighting any attempt to freeze minimum wage rates. Congress 2020: Keir Starmer backs Usdaw’s call for government support to save retail jobs – ‘we can’t go back to business as usual’ 15 September 2020 Shop workers’ trade union Usdaw has welcomed Keir Starmer’s backing for targeted government support to help struggling sectors like retail, so that we can save jobs, keep shops open and help struggling high streets. Congress 2020: Usdaw calls for a new deal for workers and a retail recovery plan to save jobs, shops and our struggling high streets 15 September 2020 Shop worker’s trade union Usdaw has today called on the Government to work with trade unions and employers on a retail recovery plan to save an industry struggling through the pandemic. The union also called for a new deal for working people based on a living wage and secure employment. The very least key workers deserve is a pay rise says Usdaw 08 September 2020 Retail trade union Usdaw is angered by reports that Government ministers and the Low Pay Commission are reported to be suggesting that a minimum wage increase next April could be shelved, claiming it is unaffordable. Selfridges planning to cut 450 jobs as annual sales expected to fall due to the pandemic 28 July 2020 Following a review of its business the retailer is set to reduce its total headcount by 14 per cent to cope with the impact of the virus, the subsequent lockdown and the changes that have been happening on the high street even before COVID-19. Usdaw welcomes pay rise for public sector workers but says the only way to reward all key workers is with a £10 minimum wage and a New Deal 21 July 2020 Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed the above-inflation pay rise for almost 900,000 public sector workers. After months of being on the frontline of the Coronavirus pandemic this will be good news for public sector workers. Minimum wage of at least £10 and an end to rip-off youth rates - Usdaw gives evidence to the Low Pay Commission 16 July 2020 Retail trade union Usdaw is today giving oral evidence to the Low Pay Commission on minimum wage rates, ahead of them making recommendations to the Government about National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates to be introduced on 1 April 2021. 100 days of lockdown and it is clear that we need a new deal for workers says Usdaw 01 July 2020 Retail trade union Usdaw is marking 100 days of lockdown by calling for a new deal for workers, after the coronavirus emergency has shown that millions of low-paid and undervalued workers have stepped up in the most difficult of circumstances to keep our country going. Displaying results 161 - 185 (of 185) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All prev 1... 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 next
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