USDAW (Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied) has secured a pay rise for retail staff in Morrisons, taking the basic rate to £8.20 from £6.83.

The deal has been backed in a ballot of union members, with nearly 75 per cent voting in favour and the new rate will be paid from March 2016.

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Joanne McGuinness – Usdaw National Officer says: “For some time we have been talking to the company about a significant increase for retail staff to put them at the high end of pay for supermarket workers. The new consolidated rate achieves that and is paid every hour not just when staff work at times that attract premium pay.”