Campaign News RSS Feed Filter by: Filter by month Month... January February March April May June July August September October November December Filter by topic Topic... Campaign - Supporting Parents & Carers Displaying results 61 - 91 (of 91) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All prev 1 2 3 4 5 next A better deal for dads is the focus of tomorrow's Usdaw parents and carers spotlight day 15 May 2018 Usdaw’s Supporting Parents and Carers Spotlight Day on Wednesday 16 May 2018 will highlight the issues workers face when balancing work with caring responsibilities. The focus this year is on the vital role working dads and partners of new mothers play in bringing up children. Usdaw launches a Thunderclap ahead of the campaign day to get ‘A better deal for dads’ 23 April 2018 Each year the shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw holds a campaign day called Supporting Parents and Carers Spotlight Day. Hundreds of reps and activists get involved by running campaigns in their workplaces. This year's Spotlight day will take place on Wednesday 16 May 2018 with the theme ‘A better deal for dads’. Mothers' Day greetings from Usdaw, as they call for an end to the two-child rule 11 March 2018 Shopworkers’ trade union leader John Hannett sends best wishes to the UK’s working mums, who make a huge contribution to the country’s economy whilst doing the tough job of balancing home and work responsibilities. "End child poverty - make work pay" Usdaw's call to the Scottish Labour Party Conference 09 March 2018 The Scottish Labour Party Conference, meeting in Dundee, has today backed Usdaw’s call for an end to child poverty by making work pay. Budget changes to Universal Credit go nowhere near far enough to prevent unnecessary hardship for many working families says Usdaw 22 November 2017 Shopworkers’ trade union leader John Hannett has expressed deep disappointment in today’s Budget, as the Chancellor missed an opportunity to fix the problems with Universal Credit (UC) that cause unnecessary hardship for many working families. Chancellor needs to end the unnecessary hardship low and middle income working families suffer on Universal Credit says Usdaw 22 November 2017 Shopworkers’ trade union leader John Hannett is calling for today’s Budget to fix the problems with Universal Credit (UC) that cause unnecessary hardship for many working families. The six week wait for Universal Credit is an unnecessary hardship on low to middle income working families says Usdaw 15 November 2017 Shopworkers’ trade union leader John Hannett welcomes tomorrow’s House of Commons debate called by Rt Hon Frank Field MP on Universal Credit (UC) and urges MPs to back the call for the Government to reduce the standard initial wait for a first UC payment. Government needs to listen and pause the roll out of Universal Credit says Usdaw 19 October 2017 Shopworkers’ trade union leader John Hannett is urging the Government to listen and pause the roll out of Universal Credit (UC), after last night’s humiliating defeat in the House of Commons on their flagship welfare policy. Usdaw welcomes a debate and vote of the roll out of Universal Credit and urges action for weekly paid workers 17 October 2017 Shopworkers’ trade union leader John Hannett has welcomed a debate and vote in the House of Commons on the roll out of Universal Credit (UC), secured by the Labour Party as an opposition day debate tomorrow, Wednesday 18 October. Labour's cradle-to-grave national education service is welcomed by Usdaw 26 September 2017 Shopworkers’ trade union leader John Hannett has welcomed today’s promise to provide education that is "free at the point of use, available universally and throughout life", announced by Angela Raynor MP, Shadow Education Minister. Working grandparents with caring responsibilities are the focus of tomorrow's Usdaw spotlight day 16 May 2017 Usdaw’s Supporting Parents and Carers Spotlight Day on Wednesday 17 May 2017 will highlight the issues workers face when balancing work with caring responsibilities. The focus this year is on the vital role that grandparents play in providing childcare, asking people to consider the Difficult Balancing Act these workers face. Labour's manifesto promise to 'reform and redesign Universal Credit' is welcome 16 May 2017 Shopworkers' trade union leader John Hannett has welcomed Labour’s commitment to address the deeply unfair and damaging Universal Credit cuts introduced and continued by successive Conservative Chancellors of the Exchequer. Usdaw campaign supports working grandparents with caring responsibilities – join the Thunderclap 12 May 2017 Usdaw's Supporting Parents and Carers Spotlight Day on Wednesday 17 May 2017 will highlight the Difficult Balancing Act? that workers face when balancing work with looking after someone. The focus this year is on the vital role that grandparents play in providing childcare. Affordable childcare is essential for working parents, particularly during school holidays 01 May 2017 Delegates at Usdaw’s Annual Delegate Meeting in Blackpool’s Winter Gardens today supported a call for affordable school holiday childcare for all working parents. Usdaw welcomes Labour's Mother's Day campaign to tackle maternity discrimination 24 March 2017 Shopworkers’ trade union leader John Hannett has welcomed a Labour Party campaign to tackle maternity discrimination. It will be launched on Mother's Day, Sunday 26 March, by Sarah Champion MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities. Usdaw seeks a comprehensive offer from the Welsh Labour Party for carers in Wales 24 March 2017 Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is highlighting the problems working carers face and how all too often caring responsibilities can be a barrier to work. The union has a delegation at today’s Welsh Labour Party Conference in Llandudno, which closes on Sunday. Government needs to go much further to make Universal Credit fit for purpose 14 March 2017 Shopworkers' trade union leader John Hannett has called on the Government to do much more to prevent children in working families falling into poverty after their parents are moved on to Universal Credit. Working families losing over £2,000 are being made to pay the price for Brexit uncertainties 09 March 2017 Shopworkers' trade union leader John Hannett regrets that the Chancellor didn’t use today’s Budget to fully reverse the deeply unfair and damaging Universal Credit cuts introduced by his predecessor, or go any further than the very modest change he made in his Autumn Statement. The Chancellor should defuse the Universal Credit ticking time bomb 06 March 2017 Shopworkers' trade union leader John Hannett has called on the Chancellor to use this week’s Budget to reverse the deeply unfair and damaging cuts to Universal Credit that were introduced by his predecessor. Usdaw congratulates Mencap on 70 years of supporting people with a learning disability 28 November 2016 Today is the 70th anniversary of Mencap. Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has paid tribute to the work the charity has done over those years to promote a world where people with a learning disability are valued equally, listened to and included. Displaying results 61 - 91 (of 91) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All prev 1 2 3 4 5 next
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