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| Full name | Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers |
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| Founded | 1947 |
| Members | over 423,000 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Affiliation | TUC, ICTU, STUC, AfF, Labour Party[1] |
| Key people | John Hannett, general secretary Jeff Broome, president |
| Office location | Manchester, England |
| Website | www.usdaw.org.uk |
The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) is a trade union in the United Kingdom. Consisting of over 423,000 members, USDAW is the UK's fourth largest, and fastest growing trade union.[citation needed] Membership has increased by more than 17% in the last five years and by nearly a third in the last decade.[citation needed] Most USDAW members work in the retail sector. The retail sector employs around 2.77 million people. The union also has many many members in transport, distribution, food manufacturing, chemicals and other trades.
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.
There is also a managerial and supervisory section called Sata - the Supervisory, Administrative and Technical Association. This is a special section of the union representing employees in middle and lower management or with administrative or technical responsibilities.
USDAW is the recognised trade union for workers employed by Tesco; consequently, it has the biggest recognition agreement in the private sector and more than 160,000 over 1/3 of its members work for Tesco. Other companies that have signed partnership agreements with USDAW include Morrisons, Sainsbury's, The Co-operative Group, Primark and Boots UK.
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Publications [edit]
USDAW produces a quarterly membership magazine - Arena, as well as a bimonthly magazine for union activists - Network.
General Secretaries [edit]
- 1947: Joseph Hallsworth
- 1949: Alan Birch
- 1962: Alf Allen
- 1979: Bill Whatley
- 1986: Garfield Davies
- 1997: Bill Connor
- 2004: John Hannett
Presidents [edit]
- 1948: Walter Padley
- 1964: Richard Seabrook
- 1967: James Hughes
- 1977: Sydney Tierney
- 1991: Audrey Wise
- 1997: Marge Carey
- 2006: Jeff Broome
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