Over 1,000 delegates, visitors and officials from across the UK will be attending to debate and vote on propositions from lay-member branches and statements from Usdaw’s Executive Council on key issues including:
- Rights at work, pay and conditions of employment
- Crime and justice
- Mental health at work
- Usdaw’s ‘Time for Better Pay’ campaign
- Health and safety in the workplace
Paddy Lillis – Usdaw General Secretary says: "Our Annual Delegate Meeting is effectively the union’s parliament and provides members with the opportunity to raise their issues of concern and make our policy.
"We have a packed agenda and it is clear that members are very concerned about a Conservative government that has continually hit the lowest paid workers the hardest. Incomes have been under attack. with cuts in tax credits and Universal Credit affecting many working families.
“Our members are severely impacted by cuts in the public services they rely on and mounting pressure on the NHS concerns everyone. The shortage of affordable housing and rises costs of public transport will also feature in our deliberations, alongside cuts in policing that is contributing to increases in violence, threats and abuse against shopworkers.
“We look forward to a lively and informed debate on the core issues affecting the lives of working people and their families."
Media representatives wishing to attend the conference should contact David Williams, Usdaw’s Media Officer, to arrange accreditation.
Notes for editors:
Usdaw (Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers) is the UK's fifth biggest and the fastest growing trade union with over 420,000 members. Membership has increased by more than one-third over the last couple of decades. Most Usdaw members work in the retail sector, but the union also has many members in transport, distribution, food manufacturing, chemicals and other trades.
For further information please contact Usdaw’s Media Officer, David Williams on: 0161 249 2469, 07798 696 603 or by e-mail to
david.a.williams@usdaw.org.uk
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