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Usdaw
Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers
PredecessorNational Union of Distributive and Allied Workers
National Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks
Founded1 January 1947
HeadquartersVoyager Building, 2 Furness Quay, Salford Quays, Manchester, M50 3XZ
Location
Members
Decrease 369,437 (2021)[1]
Key people
Paddy Lillis, General Secretary
Jane Jones, President
AffiliationsTUC, ICTU, STUC, Labour[2]
Websitewww.usdaw.org.uk

The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) is a trade union in the United Kingdom, consisting of over 360,000 members.[3] Usdaw members work in a variety of occupations and industries including: shopworkers, factory and warehouse workers, drivers, call centres, clerical workers, milkround and dairy process, butchers and meat packers, catering, laundries, chemical processing, home shopping and pharmaceutical.

History

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The union was formed in 1947 by the merger of the National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers and the National Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks. Some other unions have since merged in, including the Amalgamated Society of Boot and Shoe Makers and Repairers in 1955,[4] and the Scottish Union of Bakers and Allied Workers in 1978.[5]

Publications

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USDAW produces a quarterly membership magazine for members, Arena, as well as a bimonthly magazine for union activists, Network.

2022 annual survey report

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Statistics taken from the USDAW 2022 annual survey of over 7,700 of its retail members showed that high levels of verbal abuse, threats and assaults were common in the industry. The survey also found the number of incidents has come down since the exceptionally high levels during the pandemic, but remain higher than pre-Covid levels in 2019.[6]


General Secretaries

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Since 1947, USDAW has had eight General Secretaries:[7]

1947: Sir Joseph Hallsworth
1949: Sir Alan Birch
1962: Lord Allen of Fallowfield
1979: Bill Whatley
1986: Lord Davies of Coity
1997: Sir William Connor
2004: John Hannett
2018: Paddy Lillis

Presidents

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Since 1947, USDAW has had eleven Presidents:[7]

1947: Percy Cottrell
1948: Walter Padley
1964: Dick Seabrook[citation needed]
1965: Rodney Haines
1967: Dick Seabrook
1974: Jim D. Hughes
1977: Sydney Tierney
1991: Audrey Wise
1997: Marge Carey, MBE
2006: Jeff Broome
2018: Amy Murphy[8]
2021: Jane Jones [9]

References

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  1. ^ "Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers Form AR21 for year ended 31 December 2021" (PDF). GOV.UK. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  2. ^ "TULO's member unions | Unions Together". Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
  3. ^ "USDAW - About Us".
  4. ^ Arthur Marsh and Victoria Ryan, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.3, p.427
  5. ^ Arthur Marsh and John B. Smethurst, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.5, pp.184-185
  6. ^ "Campaign To End Violence And Abuse Against Retail Workers Survey Results 2022".
  7. ^ a b USDAW: 125 years strong. London: USDAW. 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  8. ^ "USDAW - Amy Murphy is elected the new President of Usdaw". www.usdaw.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  9. ^ "USDAW - Jane Jones is elected the new President of Usdaw".
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