Respect for Shopworkers Week Articles

Fear is a terrible thing – it blights lives, contaminating our everyday experience with both physical and mental stress. Many of us take a safe working environment for granted. But there are millions of workers for whom safety cannot be guaranteed. We accept that some...

'Christmas must be coming' said one of my colleagues when I mentioned this year’s Respect for Shopworkers event at the National Assembly for Wales. Every year Labour AMs and others pose in Santa hats alongside Usdaw members to create the photos which will secure local...

Conservative MPs would be wise to hold back from defending their government's awful decision to scrap or slash compensation for innocent people maimed or injured by criminals. They could nail their colours to the mast now but find that they later have to explain that...

Should we be using the law to protect better all workers who come into contact with members of the public?  Emergency workers already do have protection thanks to the previous Labour government, but shopkeepers don’t. This week is Freedom from Fear week, a campaign...