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16 September 2020
Hundreds of trade unionists have signed an open letter to Ikea demanding sacked Usdaw union rep Richie Venton be reinstated
9 September 2020
Trade unionists held a solidarity demo outside of Ikea Braehead in Glasgow, demanding the reinstatement of sacked Usdaw rep Richie Venton, and the reinstatement of sick workers' wages.
2 September 2020
Support Ikea workers - reinstate Richie Venton
Glasgow Ikea worker, trade union rep and Usdaw executive committee member Richie Venton has been sacked for opposing the company's sick pay policy of removing wages from those forced to self-isolate with Covid-19, putting them on the measly £95 a week statutory sick pay instead
22 July 2020
Government action is confused, contradictory, late, and fundamentally flawed.
22 July 2020
Debenhams: Fighting closures and redundancies
On 17 July protests were held in London, Leeds, Bradford, Plymouth and Glasgow, organised by Usdaw members and supported by activists from the wider trade union movement.
1 July 2020
Sunday trading: Government blinks first
Leaked reports emerged in mid-June that the government was looking at relaxing Sunday trading legislation for a year
24 June 2020
Workers need a 'new deal' - at least £12 an hour now!
The shop workers' union, Usdaw, recently launched its 'New Deal for Workers' campaign
17 June 2020
Resist relaxation of Sunday trading laws
Since rumours emerged in the media about the government considering a one-year relaxation of Sunday trading regulations, the leadership of retail workers' union Usdaw has finally started moving into action
17 June 2020
Debenham's protests: Workers must not pay price of Covid-19
Supporters of the National Shop Stewards Network held protests outside Debenhams stores in Leeds, London, Plymouth and Southampton against the company's savage cuts to jobs and stores, as part of a day of action called by members of the retail workers union, Usdaw.
10 June 2020
Non-essential retail to open - organising at work is essential
Johnson announced a wider opening of non-essential retail on 15 June.
10 June 2020
Debenhams: Workers made to pay for Covid-19 crisis
As a warning of the coming recession we are now entering, Debenhams went into administration in April last year, with 22 stores closing, and all but 39 of the remaining stores having rent reductions
6 May 2020
Further protests in Ireland against Debenhams closures - UK fightback needed
Among the slew of retail companies entering administration, Debenhams has the highest profile, not least for only recently coming out of administration after closures, write Socialist Party members in Usdaw.
29 April 2020
Unions must organise throughout crisis
The coronavirus pandemic throws up its own unique problems and challenges which cannot wait until after the lockdown has ended, writes Ryan Aldred, Usdaw Plymouth and district general branch secretary (personal capacity).
27 April 2020
Click here to go to the latest issue of the Activist, the bulletin of Socialist Party members in shop workers' trade union Usdaw
26 April 2020
B&M Bargains management puts profit before safety
The attitude of B&M Bargains management has been 'business as usual'. Some staff are furloughed, often in stores in shopping centres which have closed anyway, and some admin staff.
15 April 2020
Collectively demanding safe warehouse working conditions
In my workplace, the worry of deteriorating safety is becoming constant - and it is well-founded, writes Connor O'Farrell, warehouse worker and Usdaw union member.
15 April 2020
Usdaw shop workers' union activists meet via Zoom
Following weekly virtual meetings of Socialist Party members in Usdaw the shop workers' union to discuss the rapidly changing situation in retail, and producing several special issues of our bulletin, the Activist, we decided to hold a virtual public meeting on 11 April to take these discussions to, writes Iain Dalton, Socialist Party Usdaw caucus convenor.
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