[IER] Usdaw responds to ‘highest ever’ retail crime statistics and violence against shopworkers

Fri Mar 15 13:54:00 GMT 2024

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Usdaw responds to ‘highest ever’ retail crime statistics and violence against shopworkers

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Shopworkers’ trade union leader Paddy Lillis is deeply concerned by the latest findings of the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) annual crime survey. The findings show the highest ever levels of levels of theft from shops, with a shocking 5.6 million incidents, smashing the previous record of 1.1 million in 2023.

The ACS 2024 Crime Report outlines the scale of the retail crime crisis blighting communities across the UK. The report reveals that retailers have recorded over 600 incidents of theft an hour over the last year. It also highlights a huge increase in violent incidents committed against retailers and their colleagues. Over the last year, there have been around 76,000 incidents of violence in shops compared to 41,000 in 2023.

 <https://www.ier.org.uk/news/annual-crime-survey-usdaw-condemns-highest-ever-levels-of-theft-from-shops-and-the-impact-on-retail-workers/> More details 

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Unions and business leaders lobby Starmer over workers’ rights

After the drastic pruning of Labour’s £28bn green prosperity pledge, some within the labour movement are concerned that workers’ rights could be the next on the agenda, as the Labour Party prepares for what is expected to be a “brutal” election campaign. 

 <https://www.ier.org.uk/news/unions-business-lobby-starmer-and-labour-over-new-deal-for-working-people/> More details 

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Labour leader seeks to reassure business leaders over employment rights shake up

Starmer sends out sends out senior colleagues to urge engagement over intended reforms, the Financial Times reports 

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Education unions respond to Government’s much delayed pay review submission

The DfE has belatedly provided evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body 

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Fire union calls on employers to refuse to implement “authoritarian” strike ban

FBU condemns the legislation as a "draconian attempt to ban strikes”.

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Minimum Prospects: the Government’s latest attack on Workers’ Rights

While Labour’s diluted commitments offer little hope of its reversal, unions are striking back through successful direct action, writes Adrian Weir 

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Attacks on British unions are reaching new lows

As global attacks on unions intensify, the ITUC has launched a campaign recognising the threats we now face from employers and states, writes Barry Camfield in the Morning Star

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Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union to launch huge strike ballot over pay campaign

National strike ballot will take place of more than 160,000 members in 171 government departments.

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Platform workers: EU Council confirms agreement on new rules to improve their working conditions

Agreement reached between the Council’s presidency and the European Parliament’s negotiators on the platform work directive

 <https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2024/03/11/platform-workers-council-confirms-agreement-on-new-rules-to-improve-their-working-conditions/> More details 

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