18 April 2012

Usdaw conference

Time to fight the attacks on pay and working conditions: From workfare to Sunday trading hours, to shop closures and redundancies, issues affecting the retail sector have featured prominently in the national news over the last few months, writes an Usdaw member.

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20 February 2012

Mass anger forces more companies to abandon workfare schemes

After protests hit London, Manchester and Leeds at the weekend, alongside an onslaught upon Tesco's presence in social media the company and others are feeling the squeeze

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12 January 2012

Jobs massacre at La Senza

Administrators KPMG announced they were 'delighted' to have saved 1,000 jobs with La Senza in the UK on Monday, writes Ian Harris, Hillingdon Socialist Party.

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15 September 2011

Activist: Paper of Socialist Party members in Usdaw

This weekend I received the latest issue of Arena, the USDAW membership magazine. The editorial by the General Secretary, John Hannett, discusses the impact of the recent riots on shop workers.

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31 August 2011

Part time workers and the great job con

The Activist is produced by Socialist Party members in the retail and distribution union, Usdaw...

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