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A - South Wales and Western Region C - Eastern Region E - Midlands Region F - North Eastern Region G - Scottish Region H - Southern Region K - North West Region National Filter by industry Industry... Dairy Home delivery Home Shopping Production and Manufacturing Retail Food Retail Non-food Transport Warehouse and Distribution Displaying results 51 - 70 (of 1826) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...183 next Alarming 32% increase in shoplifting across England and Wales – Usdaw calls for a protection of shopworkers law 25 January 2024 Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is deeply concerned by today’s police recorded crime statistics for England and Wales showing that in the 12 months to September 2023 there was a 32% increase in shoplifting. This continues the trend of persistent quarterly increases after a dramatic decrease during the pandemic. Peterborough M&S proposed closure is devastating for staff, customers and the community says Usdaw 25 January 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw says members working at the Marks and Spencer store on Queensgate in Peterborough city centre are devastated after the company told them they plan to close the store in April. Sainsbury’s Bank ‘wind down’ is clearly concerning for staff – Usdaw seeks urgent clarification for members 18 January 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw represents members working in Sainsbury’s bank. They are clearly concerned by today’s media reports that the company is planning to wind down its banking division as part of plans to focus its efforts on the retail business. The union is seeking urgent clarification. Inflation uptick shows that the cost of living crisis is nowhere near over says Usdaw 17 January 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw continues to call on the Government to address the longstanding and continuing cost of living crisis, after today’s inflation figures show that prices are rising at double the 2% target rate. The Retail Prices Index (RPI) rate dipped slightly to 5.2%, while the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rate rose to 4%. Government should abandon proposed ‘strike-breaking’ agency worker regulations says Usdaw 16 January 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw has responded to the Government’s consultation, which closes today, on their draft regulations that would allow employers to engage agency workers to fill in for striking workers. The Government’s original regulations were embarrassingly quashed by the High Court for a failure to consult. Vaughan Gething wins the Usdaw nomination for leader of the Welsh Labour Party 13 January 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw has nominated Vaughan Gething MS to be the next leader of the Welsh Labour Party, replacing the current First Minister Mark Drakeford who is set to retire in March. Boohoo needs to clean up its act and they can start by recognising Usdaw as the union for their staff 11 January 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw is again calling for discussions with online fashion retailer Boohoo about representation of their employees to ensure they are fairly treated. Usdaw represents workers at Boohoo’s warehouse and call centre in Burnley along with the head office in Manchester, but the company continues to refuse to recognise the union, leaving staff without a real voice at work. Nearly 120,000 retail jobs lost and over 10,000 store closures last year – Usdaw again calls for an industrial strategy and recovery plan 08 January 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw is again calling on the Government to work with them and employers to develop a retail industrial strategy to tackle longstanding and ongoing difficulties in the sector and help save our shops. The call comes after the Centre for Retail Research today revealed that 10,494 shops closed for the last time during 2023 and 119,405 jobs were lost in the sector. National Insurance change is too little too late says Usdaw – this is just another Tory tax con 05 January 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw has condemned the Government’s desperate attempt to grab headlines in the hope that voters will forget nearly fourteen years of austerity, their crashing of the economy and the biggest cost of living crisis in more than a generation. The union laments the failure to tackle insecure and low paid employment that blights too many workers’ lives. Keir Starmer’s new year message of hope so that ‘Britain can get its future back’ is welcomed by Usdaw 04 January 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed today’s keynote speech by Keir Starmer, as he sets out his ambitions for a new Britain. In a wide-ranging new year speech the Labour leader set out his national missions for government and identified that we have for too long had ‘an economy that doesn’t work for working people, even when it grows, let alone when it stagnates like now’. Displaying results 51 - 70 (of 1826) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...183 next
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