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Boohoo claims ring hollow after the company instructs staff to ignore Usdaw reps and bin their leaflets
11 June 2019
Retail trade union Usdaw continues their campaign for recognition at online clothes
retailer Boohoo, despite the company telling all staff not to speak to Usdaw reps outside the Burnley site and to put union leaflets in the bin.
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Save our shops: Two new reports expose the depth of the crisis on our high streets - Usdaw calls for a retail industrial strategy
10 June 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw calls on the Government to adopt the union’s industrial strategy for retail, which was launched last week in Parliament, after two reports today show that retail footfall is slowing down and consumers fear for the future of the high street.
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Usdaw calls for at least £10 minimum wage and an end to rip-off youth rates
07 June 2019
Shopworkers trade union Usdaw has today responded to the Low Pay Commission (LPC) consultation on minimum wage rates. The LPC is currently taking evidence ahead of making recommendations to the Government about National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates to be introduced on 1 April 2020.
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Usdaw very disappointed by further delays to an award for former Palmer & Harvey workers and calls for a better resourced Insolvency Service
06 June 2019
Usdaw won justice for members who worked for the retail distribution company Palmer & Harvey, after the Manchester Employment Tribunal granted a protective award because the union was not properly consulted about the redundancies, as required by law.
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Pressure mounts on Boohoo to recognise Usdaw as a top MP chases the company for a progress report
06 June 2019
Retail trade union Usdaw is stepping up their campaign for recognition at online clothes retailer Boohoo, after the company has this week again refused to meet. Now the chair of a House of Commons committee has written to the company asking for a progress report on their recommendation for Boohoo hold talks with Usdaw to meet key ethical trading standards.
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Shopworkers' trade union Usdaw launches an industrial strategy to tackle the retail crisis and 'save our shops'
05 June 2019
MPs and leading retail figures are today attending the parliamentary launch of Usdaw’s industrial strategy for retail. The shopworkers’ trade union is proposing detailed and evidence led policies, centred on three key areas:
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Boohoo statements on ethical trading called into question as Usdaw steps up the campaign for recognition
04 June 2019
Retail trade union Usdaw is stepping up their campaign for recognition at online clothes retailer Boohoo, after the company has this week again refused to meet. The company is persistently blocking Usdaw, despite a recommendation from a parliamentary committee.
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Usdaw welcomes the Resolution Foundation’s findings on the National Minimum Wage
31 May 2019
Usdaw has been long-committed to tackling the issue of low pay and the union was a major driving force in the introduction of the National Minimum Wage in 1999.
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Boots urged to engage with Usdaw to give staff a voice in any programme of store closures
29 May 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw has called for urgent talks with Boots after reports that the company is reviewing the future of their 200 stores.
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'Time for Better Pay' petition closes 10 June - Usdaw pushes for more signatures
28 May 2019
Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw launched the ‘Time for Better Pay’ petition on the .gov website, which currently has 38,000 signatures, to express the deep concerns we share about the pay and rights of a growing number of workers who find themselves in increasingly insecure employment.