Feature: Usdaw - Union of Shop Distributive and
Allied Workers
Usdaw, the United Kingdom's Union of Shop, Distributive, and Allied
Workers has over 340,000 members. The Union came to Social Change Online
in 2003 needing a complete redevelopment of their site.
When asked about the process of having their site built, Nicola Williams,
Publications Officer of Usdaw, says it was "very very professional,
found it absolutely superb, had very bad experience two years ago with
another organisation and thought that the process always had to be
complicated. Paul and his team were a breath of fresh air, delivered
what we needed - a sustainable organising site. Paul completely
understood what the union was about, what we wanted to achieve and how
we need to interact with our members."
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