The interview during the 2018 Trades Union Congress in Manchester covers:
- Usdaw’s call for an industrial strategy for a struggling retail sector.
- The challenge of automation and the need to upskill workers.
- Valuing the role of shopworkers and the part they play in communities.
- Usdaw’s ‘Time for Better pay’ campaign.
- How to successfully organise and recruit workers in the private sector.
- Developing activism through a new lay tutor programme, political engagement and mobilising young workers.
Listen to the full podcast at:
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-qxr5y-99a8e2
Notes for editors:
Usdaw (Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers) is the UK's fifth biggest and the fastest growing trade union with around 430,000 members. Membership has increased by more than 28% over the decade. Most Usdaw members work in the retail sector, but the union also has many members in transport, distribution, food manufacturing, chemicals and other trades.
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