RETAIL workers need greater protection from the growing threat of automation in the workplace, Usdaw general secretary Paddy Lillis warned today.
The retail union’s general secretary said artificial intelligence is exacerbating a lack of job security and mental health issues for workers.
Addressing delegates on the opening day of Usdaw’s 2022 conference in Blackpool, Mr Lillis also slammed Tory ministers for scrapping England’s Union Learning Fund last year.
Midlands trade unionists are turning challenge into opportunity through collective power and renewed confidence, says STUART RICHARDS
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street


