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6 November 2019
Incompetent bosses use tech to bully us
Management at my warehouse uses new technology to harass the workers - and has even proposed a new pay deal which includes scrapping Christmas bonuses for most of the shopfloor.
4 September 2019
What strategy can end the retail jobs massacre?
The last few years have seen swathes of closures of shops across the UK as whole chains have collapsed while others close considerable numbers of stores.
14 August 2019
Fight back against the retail bosses!
'The needs of the business' is a phrase most retail staff will be familiar with.
3 July 2019
Angry Usdaw members strike at Sainsbury's distribution centre over sick pay cut
Dozens of members of shop workers' union Usdaw picketed Sainsbury's Waltham Point distribution centre in Essex for most of their 24-hour strike against changes to sickness policy.
8 May 2019
Usdaw union conference demands action on pay, jobs and the right
With almost a year since the departure of Blairite general secretary John Hannett, this year's Usdaw conference feels different
1 May 2019
As delegates arrive in Blackpool for the annual conference of Usdaw, the retail and distribution union, many shop workers are facing job losses and worse pay and conditions as the retail crisis deepens.
30 January 2019
Changes threaten thousands of jobs
Tesco has revealed plans to cut thousands of jobs as part of a new restructuring initiative.
30 May 2018
Broad Left candidate elected as Usdaw deputy general secretary
Dave McCrossen, the Broad Left candidate in Usdaw's deputy general secretary contest has been elected
23 May 2018
Solid strike at Tesco Dagenham distribution centre forces pay talks
Heavy security presence and a profusion of steel fencing didn't deter angry, vocal pickets striking for decent pay at Tesco Dagenham distribution centre on 17-18 May.
16 May 2018
Strike at Tesco Dagenham for better pay
Workers at Tesco Dagenham distribution site are striking over pay from 10pm on Thursday 17 May. Following over a year of negotiations between Tesco and the retail and distribution workers' union Usdaw, bosses have refused to improve their initial offer which was worth less than 3%.
9 May 2018
Use TUC march as launch pad for action on pay
National strike action is possible if the unions build a real fighting campaign for it.
2 May 2018
Reject the mega-supermarket merger: nationalise to save jobs
Workers in Sainsbury's and Asda were shocked to hear on Saturday 28 April that their employers were at an advanced level of merger talks, confirmed as a deal agreed on the morning of 30 April.
18 April 2018
Usdaw conference 2018: time for new era of fighting trade unionism
President-elect Amy Murphy writes for the Socialist: "We need to support our members who want to take industrial action in defence of pay and conditions"
7 March 2018
Toys R Us, Maplin: worsening retail crisis claims more jobs
Trade unions must fight for public ownership: Big high street retailers Toys R Us and Maplin have gone under, with a number of other familiar names like Mothercare rumoured to follow
31 January 2018
Supermarket's slash jobs - union fightback needed
Two of so-called 'Big Four' supermarkets - Tesco and Sainsbury's - have announced job losses running into the thousands.
24 January 2018
Amy Murphy Usdaw campaign meeting
Reps and activists from five Usdaw branches came to a public meeting in Leeds held to promote the election campaign of Broad Left candidate for Usdaw president, and Socialist Party member, Amy Murphy on 17 January.
10 January 2018
Amy Murphy for Usdaw president - vote for a fighting and democratic union
Elections for the new president of Usdaw, the shop and distribution workers' union, take place from 15 January with Socialist Party member Amy Murphy running to give the union a fighting leadership.
14 July 2017
Tesco's 10% pay increase accompanied by cuts and job losses
Tesco called it its "biggest ever pay award"
26 April 2017
Usdaw ADM 2017: Left challenge needed to end assault on retail jobs and conditions
In 2016 many changes were made within the big four supermarkets as they adapted to falling sales. The Coop, Sainsburys, Morrisons and Tesco all saw many store closures and thousands of jobs lost.
5 April 2017
What would a socialist food industry look like?
How to feed the world? That is a question that capitalism has never been able to solve, with one-third of the world's total population suffering malnutrition. Even in the economically advanced capitalist countries like Britain growing numbers are reliant on food banks.
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