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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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Usdaw President Jane Jones opens the 2024 Annual Delegate Meeting with a call for change under a Labour Government
28 April 2024
Retail trade union Usdaw has opened their annual conference in Blackpool’s Winter Gardens with an address from the union’s President Jane Jones, in which she laments fourteen years of Conservative Governments and looks towards a general election that could deliver a Labour Government and the change our members need.
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International Workers’ Memorial Day 2024: Usdaw highlights climate risks for workers
28 April 2024
Every year April 28 is International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD). It is the worldwide trade union day of remembrance and action for workers killed, disabled, injured or made unwell by their work.
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Inequality has soared under the Tory Government
27 April 2024
By Paddy Lillis – Usdaw General Secretary
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Retail trade union Usdaw opens their 2024 annual conference on Sunday 28 April at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool #Usdaw24
26 April 2024
The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) is holding its 77th Annual Delegate Meeting at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool from Sunday 28 April to Wednesday 1 May 2024.
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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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Supreme Court to hear the Usdaw challenge to Tesco on their use of ‘fire and rehire’ to undermine ‘retained pay’
18 April 2024
Retail trade union Usdaw and leading law firm Thompsons are challenging supermarket giant Tesco on their use of ‘fire and rehire’ in the Supreme Court. The case will be heard on Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 April 2024. This is the final stage of a long running legal battle. A similar case involving workers at the Livingston site has been stayed in the Scottish courts until proceedings have concluded in England.
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Sainsbury’s Local store on Watergate in Chester set to close – Usdaw is supporting members through the process
18 April 2024
Retail trade union Usdaw has been briefed by the supermarket giant Sainsbury’s of their intention to close the ‘Local’ convenience store on Watergate Street in Chester 14 September 2024. This will impact 14 staff, with most at risk of redundancy.
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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.