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Dairy Home delivery Home Shopping Production and Manufacturing Retail Food Retail Non-food Transport Warehouse and Distribution Displaying results 61 - 80 (of 1829) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All prev 1... 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ...183 next 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’. Sainsbury’s to pay the Real Living Wage and London Living Wage - Usdaw welcomes the 9% wage boost 04 January 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed today’s announcement that staff pay is increasing to at least £12 per hour across Sainsbury’s and Argos. Effective from March, this 9% increase means that Sainsbury’s has boosted pay by 50% since 2018. Asda and Usdaw sign a new recognition agreement for staff working in former EG Group convenience stores and restaurants 04 January 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw and supermarket giant Asda have today signed a collective bargaining agreement for Usdaw to recruit and represent hourly-paid staff employed in the convenience stores and Leon restaurants that Asda recently acquired from EG Group. Continuing high energy bills and food prices show the Government must do more to help with the cost of living crisis says Usdaw 02 January 2024 Retail trade union Usdaw has again called on the Government to intervene further in tackling the cost of living crisis, which is severely impacting low-paid workers, after the cap on unit prices of household energy rose by 5%. New Year message from Paddy Lillis – Usdaw General Secretary 01 January 2024 Retail trade union leader Paddy Lillis has sent out New Year wishes and committed Usdaw to campaigning for a new deal on pay and rights to help workers struggling to make ends meet in a cost of living crisis. The Union will also continue to push for protections for workers from violence, threats and abuse, while calling for a general election to put the country back on track under a Labour Government. Scottish shops should be closed on New Year’s Day to give shopworkers a well-deserved break says Usdaw 27 December 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw is backing the vast majority of Scottish shopworkers who want large stores to stay closed on New Year’s Day. The union is calling on the Scottish Government to reverse their opposition to giving retail workers a proper festive break. First Minister’s warm words won’t give shopworkers the break they deserve on New Year’s Day says Usdaw 21 December 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw is disappointed with the response of Scotland’s First Minister, Humza Yousaf, to a question from Scottish Labour Deputy Leader Jackie Baillie about closing large retail stores on New Year’s Day 2024, so that retail workers can spend the day with their loved ones. ‘Super Saturday’ will leave many retail workers exhausted – they deserve a decent break and respect says Usdaw 21 December 2023 Retail trade union Usdaw has called on the shopping public to show respect for shopworkers, after research suggests that 23 December 2023 is set to be busiest in-store shopping day of the year and has been dubbed ‘Super Saturday’. Displaying results 61 - 80 (of 1829) | Show: 10 | 20 | 50 | All prev 1... 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ...183 next
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