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'That's how we turn the tables'

Wednesday, August 9th, 2023

Unite shows the value of face-to-face conversations as it raises union's profile at Royal Welsh Show

9 min

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The good life?

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023

“Barns and cottages will get converted into properties that landowners sell off with a few acres of land and horse paddocks, and millionaires from London will b...

6 min

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Farm worker shortage can be solved with better pay

Wednesday, June 16th, 2021

Difficulties finding seasonal agricultural workers could solved by improving notoriously bad pay and conditions in the sector, Unite has said in response to com...

3 min

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Unite challenges plans to abolish NI agricultural wages board

Friday, March 19th, 2021

Unite: Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots must clarify whether his decision to abolish AWB is a conflict of interest

4 min

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'They're left totally in the dark'

Friday, July 17th, 2020

In part two of our series on rural poverty, we highlight the plight of migrant workers

10 min

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'We will overcome'

Wednesday, July 15th, 2020

This year’s Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival 2020 starts Friday, July 17 and runs through till Sunday July 19. The festival is for many the highlight of the trade un...

7 min

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The struggles of rural poverty

Tuesday, July 14th, 2020

Moving to the country might sound idyllic – but poverty in a rural setting is no picnic. We investigate

9 min

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‘A disaster waiting to happen’

Monday, July 13th, 2020

For many months Unite’s food and agriculture activists have been extremely concerned over the way workers are being packed into factories and field, many of the...

9 min

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Shining a spotlight on precarious work

Thursday, April 9th, 2020

Covid 19 exposes insecure work crisis

6 min

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