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Last month the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released evidence on Covid death rates by occupation, which showed that many key workers are at a higher risk. Sainsbury's pay offer falls short of the £10 per hour aim - Usdaw says staff deserve better 25 February 2021 Retail trade union Usdaw is disappointed that the Sainsbury’s and Argos 2021 pay offer does not meet the £10 per hour aim of the union’s New Deal for Workers campaign. The company has offered an increase to £9.50 per hour, which falls short of the deal Usdaw negotiated with Morrisons to pay staff £10 an hour from April. Boots head office announcement puts 300 jobs at risk - Usdaw calls for talks 25 February 2021 High street pharmacy Boots have announced a further restructure of their head office in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. Usdaw is calling on the company to enter into talks with the union. TUC LGBT+ Conference 2021: Usdaw highlights the impact of the pandemic on LGBT+ workers and seeks to address inequality 25 February 2021 Retail trade union Usdaw has a delegation of members and officials attending this year’s online Trade Union Congress (TUC) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Plus (LGBT+) Conference, which starts today and closes tomorrow. Usdaw is highlighting the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on LGBT+ workers and seeking to address longstanding inequality issues that have been entrenched still further by the crisis. Crimestoppers Scotland joint campaign to stop abuse of shopworkers welcomed by Usdaw 24 February 2021 Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed today’s launch of a joint campaign by Crimestoppers Scotland to raise awareness and stop abuse of shopworkers. The key message is to ‘speak up 100% anonymously about attacks on shopworkers’. Budget 2021: Usdaw makes the case for retail recovery, along with support for workers’ jobs, incomes and lifelong learning 24 February 2021 Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis has written the Chancellor of the Exchequer outlining Usdaw’s key priorities for next week’s Budget on Wednesday 3 March 2021. Non-essential stores could reopen on 12 April - Usdaw calls on customers to follow the rules and for retail staff to be prioritised for vaccination 22 February 2021 Retail trade union Usdaw is calling on customers to follow the rules and respect shopworkers, as non-essential stores in England could reopen on 12 April, according to today’s roadmap out of lockdown. Usdaw also urges the Government to ensure shopworkers are high on the priority list for vaccination. Usdaw backs Keir Starmer’s vision for a Britain based on security and opportunity 18 February 2021 In a speech about his vision for the future, Keir Starmer spelt out the choices facing Britain in the March Budget and the decade to come, vision that Usdaw backs as one that will make a real difference for the union’s members. Jane Jones is elected the new President of Usdaw 15 February 2021 Jane Jones has been elected President of Usdaw in an all-member ballot of Usdaw members. Jane will take over from Amy Murphy following the Union’s Annual Delegate Meeting (ADM) 25-26 April. Usdaw - President and Executive Council Elections 2021 - 2024 15 February 2021 The report of voting for the above elections is as follows: Usdaw victory blocks Tesco 'fire and rehire' tactic - Scottish Court of Session rules in favour of workers affected 12 February 2021 Retail trade union Usdaw has today won an interdict in the Court of Session in Edinburgh against Tesco forcing some of the staff at the Livingston distribution centre onto a new contract, which would result in the affected staff losing between £4,000 and £19,000 per year. Usdaw joins a Labour and trade union taskforce to promote a new deal on workers' rights 11 February 2021 Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis will represent Usdaw on a new taskforce: ‘Recover and Rebuild: Power in the Workplace’, which brings together Labour frontbencher Andy McDonald MP and the Labour affiliated trade unions. How many retail job losses does it take for the Government to act? 11 February 2021 Paddy Lillis – Usdaw General Secretary writes…You only have to walk down any high street to see how the retail sector has been impacted by the pandemic, with 20,000 store closures across the UK and 180,000 jobs lost last year. If any other industry faced this level of upheaval, there would quite rightly be a public outcry and Government action, but that is not the case with retail. That is why Usdaw launched our ‘Save our Shops’ campaign. Unilever redundancy announcement is a devastating blow for frontline workers says Usdaw 10 February 2021 Unilever has today announced proposals to remove more than 50 roles from its Leeds aerosol manufacturing site. Usdaw will now enter into consultation talks. Scottish Government urged to make progress on Ne'er Day shop closures consultation - Usdaw thanks petitions committee for their support 10 February 2021 Retail trade union Usdaw has thanked the Scottish Parliament’s Petitions Committee for helping to secure a commitment from the Scottish Government to make progress on consulting about large stores closing on New Year’s Day. Today the committee closed the petition on the basis that talks across the retail sector will now happen, but invited Usdaw to resubmit the petition if sufficient progress is not made. Usdaw busts Tory myths about union learning and calls on MPs to lobby the Chancellor for funding 09 February 2021 Retail trade union Usdaw is asking the Government to think again on ending the Union Learning Fund in England. The Government announced that all funding will be withdrawn from the end of March 2021, despite budgeting £12 million a year for the Union Learning Fund (ULF) until March 2022. Around 200,000 workers are supported each year into learning or training with union support through the ULF. Arcadia brands moving to online only, with Boohoo, shows that the Government needs to act to save our shops says Usdaw 08 February 2021 Retail trade union Usdaw is seeking urgent meetings with Arcadia administrators and urges them to treat staff with fairness and dignity, after Boohoo today confirmed the takeover of Arcadia brands Burton, Wallis and Dorothy Perkins. Usdaw is also calling on the Government to urgently act to save our high streets. Chancellor urged to level the retail playing field - Usdaw calls for business rates reform and an online sales tax to help Save our Shops 08 February 2021 Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis has signed a joint letter with major retailers, including Tesco, Morrisons and Asda, calling on the Chancellor to use the upcoming Budget, on 3 March, to commit to fundamental reform of business rates focussed on reducing the burden on shops and businesses. Usdaw renews the call for an online sales tax as part of the union’s Save our Shops campaign. Usdaw joins senior retail leaders in calling on the Government to protect shopworkers 05 February 2021 Senior retail leaders have jointly written to the Prime Minister to raise concerns about the increasing problem of violence and abuse against shopworkers. They ask the Government to treat the issue with the seriousness it deserves and improve protection for staff by creating a new statutory offence of assaulting, threatening, or abusing a retail worker. Paddy Lillis makes the case for Usdaw retailers and government to jointly tackle the retail crisis and Save our Shops 04 February 2021 Retail trade union leader Paddy Lillis has today laid out the significant challenges the retail industry faces and explained the aims of the Usdaw ‘Save our Shops’ campaign at a Westminster Business Forum Policy Conference about ‘Where next for the retail sector and its workforce?’. Displaying results 821 - 860 (of 1886) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All prev 1... 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 ...95 next
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