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ALL HANDS TO THE PUMPS: Usdaw general secretary and Labour Unions chair Joanne Thomas at the Co-operative Party Conference in London, November 2025.
Workers' Rights / 29 April 2026
29 April 2026

JOANNE THOMAS welcomes the Employment Rights Act as an instrument for the much-needed revitalisation of trade union membership and activism

USDAW General Secretary and Labour Unions Chair Joanne Thomas speaks during the Co-operative Party Conference at the Leonardo Royal Hotel in central London, November 15, 2025
Workers' Rights / 28 April 2026
28 April 2026

JOANNE THOMAS argues that unions’ political voice remains vital to winning stronger rights and protections for working people

USDAW General Secretary and Labour Unions Chair Joanne Thomas speaks during the Co-operative Party Conference at the Leonardo Royal Hotel in central London, November 15, 2025
Usdaw Conference 2026 / 27 April 2026
27 April 2026

Usdaw is working hard alongside its members to smash down barrriers facing neurodivergent workers, writes Joanne Thomas 

Labour Party Conference 2025 / 30 September 2025
30 September 2025
Labour Conference 2025 / 28 September 2025
28 September 2025
Joanne Thomas campaigning for safe shopwork
Durham Miners’ Gala 2025 / 12 July 2025
12 July 2025

Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street

A new baby holding the finger of its mother
Usdaw Conference 2025 / 7 May 2025
7 May 2025
Usdaw general secretary Paddy Lillis
Usdaw Conference 2025 / 7 May 2025
7 May 2025
People take part in the National march for Palestine in cent
Usdaw Conference 2025 / 7 May 2025
7 May 2025
Solar panels on the roof of a property
Usdaw Conference 2025 / 6 May 2025
6 May 2025
Pupils in a classroom
Usdaw Conference 2025 / 6 May 2025
6 May 2025
Health Secretary Wes Streeting addressing the Usdaw annual conference in Blackpool's Winter Gardens
Usdaw Conference 2025 / 5 May 2025
5 May 2025
Striking Usdaw members at Weetabix
Usdaw conference 2025 / 6 May 2025
6 May 2025

By sticking together, working collectively and building the union, we can weather any uncertainty ahead, writes general secretary of Usdaw PADDY LILLIS

A plane leaving Newcastle Airport
Usdaw Conference 2025 / 5 May 2025
5 May 2025
Alcohol for sale in an Edinburgh off-licence shop
Usdaw Conference 2025 / 5 May 2025
5 May 2025
A man carrying bags in the Broadmead shopping area of Bristo
Britain / 23 December 2024
23 December 2024
A Tesco Extra store
Britain / 12 September 2024
12 September 2024