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'Excessive work and dwindling support'

Monday, September 11th, 2023

TUC Congress 2023: Unite delegate Alan Dobbie speaks out on burnout in the NHS

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Public services minimum wage call

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

Unite policy conference unanimously agrees motion on a public services minimum wage of £15 an hour

3 min

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Let's extend collective solidarity to all

Tuesday, February 8th, 2022

Ahead of Saturday’s cost of living demos, Unite Community’s Heather Blakey says we must fight for a better benefits system

8 min

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UniteLive's stories of the year - TUC president Gail Cartmail in inspirational speech

Thursday, December 30th, 2021

On the eighth day of Christmas – Unite AGS and TUC President Gail Cartmail tells how unions are without doubt a force for good

9 min

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'They should spend a day in our shoes'

Thursday, December 16th, 2021

Universal Credit fight not over as Unite Community hits the road on Christmas tour of Tory 'Red Wall' seats

9 min

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'They aren't fixing anything'

Friday, September 10th, 2021

Care workers and unpaid family carers speak out against government plans to ‘fix’ social care

8 min

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Unite urges govt to be careful over compulsory vacs

Thursday, April 15th, 2021

Unite has urged the government to carefully examine the pitfalls, as well as the advantages, of requiring care home staff to be compulsorily vaccinated for Covi...

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'Not a real living wage'

Thursday, April 1st, 2021

Low-paid workers worse off despite minimum wage hike as council tax and household bills rise

6 min

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The Wave

Friday, March 26th, 2021

On the first anniversary of lockdown we’re celebrating kindness. Poet Beaky describes how that has felt in these days of pain

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Heroes of the year - care workers

Friday, March 26th, 2021

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Supreme Court ruling is ‘deeply disappointing’

Friday, March 19th, 2021

The government needs to step in and change the law following today’s (Friday March 19) Supreme Court ruling that carers, who have to sleep at their workplace in...

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Request denied

Friday, January 15th, 2021

Survey: overwhelming majority of working mums requesting furlough to homeschool children turned down

8 min

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‘Levelling up’ pay?

Monday, December 28th, 2020

Our public sector heroes put their lives on the line for others every day – but clearly this isn’t enough to deserve a pay rise

6 min

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'Brutal pay cuts' at Thurrock council

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020

Unite to mount resistance as bosses target Thurrock council heroes

3 min

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Government's 'levelling up agenda in tatters'

Wednesday, November 25th, 2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak fails key workers in latest spending review

6 min

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Chancellor has 'the power and the responsibility to renew our country'

Tuesday, November 24th, 2020

Unite calls on chancellor to use spending review to fend off mass unemployment and build back a fairer economy

7 min

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Heroes and zeroes

Friday, October 9th, 2020

UniteLIVE highlights the latest heroes and zeroes amid coronavirus crisis

9 min

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Early NHS pay rise call

Friday, September 11th, 2020

Unite calls for a ‘well-deserved’ 15 per cent pay rise or £3,000 for NHS staff on the Covid-19 frontline

4 min

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