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#ShopKind Week: Usdaw joins the call for respect for shopworkers struggling in a retail crime epidemic
07 May 2024
Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed today’s launch of the national #ShopKind Week, which encourages shoppers to treat staff with respect. UK-wide polling highlights that 31% of customers are more anxious when they shop and 36% have witnessed violence and abuse towards shopworkers while shopping.
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ADM 2024: Usdaw delegates call for significant reform of the regulation of the sale of vape products
01 May 2024
Delegates at the Annual Delegate Meeting (ADM) of the retail trade union Usdaw have today supported a call for the display and sale of vape products to be limited in the same way tobacco products, so that they are regulated by legislation.
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Violence against shopworkers grows in an epidemic of retail crime
01 May 2024
By Paddy Lillis – Usdaw General Secretary
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ADM 2024: Usdaw delegates highlight the impact of PTSD on assaulted shopworkers
28 April 2024
Delegates at the Usdaw Annual Delegate Meeting in Blackpool have today highlighted the impact of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) on workers, not least shopworkers who are victims of violence, threats and abuse.
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Alarming 37% increase in shoplifting across England and Wales – Usdaw reports a doubling of violence against shopworkers
25 April 2024
Retail trade union Usdaw is deeply concerned by today’s police recorded crime statistics for England and Wales showing that in 2023 there was a 37% increase in shoplifting. This continues the trend of persistent quarterly increases since the pandemic and has now risen to the highest level in 20 years.
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Usdaw urges Northern Ireland politicians to protect shopworkers
19 April 2024
Retail trade union Usdaw has today written to the first minister of Northern Ireland Michelle O’Neill and deputy first minister Emma Little-Pengelly, urging them to take action to support retail workers who continue to face violence and abuse, amid a huge increase in the number of incidents in recent years.
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Government urged by Usdaw not to dilute a protection of shopworkers law
17 April 2024
Retail trade union Usdaw has today given evidence to the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee, as part of their investigation into violence and abuse towards retail workers. The union took the opportunity to urge Ministers not to dilute protections for retail workers when they introduce a promised standalone offence for assaulting and abusing shopworkers.
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Three-year cost of living crisis continues - we need a new deal for workers says Usdaw
17 April 2024
Retail trade union Usdaw calls for a new deal for workers as the Government’s three-year long cost of living crisis continues. Today’s inflation figures show that, even on the Government’s preferred and lower CPI measure of inflation, prices continue to rise faster than the 2% target rate.
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Usdaw welcomes STUC calls for action to solve Scotland’s housing crisis, which severely impacts low-paid workers
16 April 2024
Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed the Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) annual conference delegates backing a motion to tackle the housing crisis in Scotland.
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Thousands of shopworkers have been assaulted, abused and threatened while the Government dithered and delayed says Usdaw
10 April 2024
Retail trade union Usdaw has said they will study the detail of Government proposals on retail crime and shopworker assault. The union has long campaigned for action on a growing epidemic of retail crime, which has always been opposed by the Conservatives and consistently supported by Labour. The Government has finally decided to act in an announcement today.