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Avonmouth Evri fire: Usdaw is working with the company on safety at the site
17 April 2024
Distribution trade union Usdaw will be working with the company to review safety and fire prevention measures after a blaze at the Evri parcel delivery depot on Boundary Road in Avonmouth, Bristol.
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Three-year cost of living crisis continues - we need a new deal for workers says Usdaw
17 April 2024
Retail trade union Usdaw calls for a new deal for workers as the Government’s three-year long cost of living crisis continues. Today’s inflation figures show that, even on the Government’s preferred and lower CPI measure of inflation, prices continue to rise faster than the 2% target rate.
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Usdaw welcomes STUC calls for action to solve Scotland’s housing crisis, which severely impacts low-paid workers
16 April 2024
Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed the Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) annual conference delegates backing a motion to tackle the housing crisis in Scotland.
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Tobacco and Vapes Bill supported by Usdaw, with a call for extensive protections for the shopworkers policing the new law
16 April 2024
Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed the health benefits that should arise from the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which MPs are debating today for the first time in the House of Commons. The union is called on the Government to urgently bring forward substantial protections for the shopworkers who have to enforce age-restricted sales.
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STUC backs an Usdaw call for action to tackle the growing lack of affordable, flexible and accessible childcare
16 April 2024
Retail trade union Usdaw has a delegation of members, reps and officials attending the annual conference of the Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) in Dundee, which started on Monday and concludes tomorrow.
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Thousands of shopworkers have been assaulted, abused and threatened while the Government dithered and delayed says Usdaw
10 April 2024
Retail trade union Usdaw has said they will study the detail of Government proposals on retail crime and shopworker assault. The union has long campaigned for action on a growing epidemic of retail crime, which has always been opposed by the Conservatives and consistently supported by Labour. The Government has finally decided to act in an announcement today.
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Labour plans for high streets can turn around over a decade of Tory retail decline says Usdaw
09 April 2024
Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed Labour’s plan to rescue retailers, as the party pledges 'full force of government to breathe life into Britain’s high streets’. Usdaw has long campaigned for the Government to work with the union and
employers to develop a retail industrial strategy to tackle longstanding and ongoing difficulties in the sector and help save our shops and the important jobs they provide. The Conservatives simply have not listened, Labour offers new hope.
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Labour PCC candidates sign up to deliver the Usdaw policing pledge
05 April 2024
Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed the support of Labour Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) candidates from across England and Wales.
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New carer’s leave law is welcome but needs to be paid to make a real difference says Usdaw
05 April 2024
Retail trade union Usdaw welcomes a new law that gives people with caring responsibilities a right to unpaid leave from work, which comes into force tomorrow. While welcoming this as a step in the right direction, Usdaw continues to call for the leave to be paid.
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Energy bills remain high despite the cap cut – nearly three-years of the cost of living crisis have been devastating says Usdaw
28 March 2024
Retail trade union Usdaw has again called on the Government to intervene further in tackling a cost of living crisis that has severely impacted low-paid workers for nearly three years. Inflation first went above the target rate in May 2021 and peaked in double figures for six months.