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Agency workers pay victory
Employment agency workers contracted to provide refuse collection services in Sandwell, West Midlands, are being paid 100 per cent of their wages during lockdown, after... Read More
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‘Betrayal of workers – and of Britain’
Unite launched a major UK wide campaign on Friday May 22 against British Airways’ (BA) opportunistic plans to use the Covid-19 pandemic to betray thousands of staff and the... Read More
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Unite launches BA campaign
Unite will launch a major UK wide campaign today (May 22) against BA's opportunistic plans to use the COVID-19 pandemic to betray thousands of staff and the public. The company... Read More
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Heroes and zeroes
Each Friday here on UniteLIVE we highlight the heroes as well as the zeroes of the Covid-19 pandemic. The theme of Mental Health Awareness week... Read More
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‘Totally unacceptable’
Thousands of social care staff in England could be falling through the net when it comes to the provision of the £60,000 payment in the... Read More
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‘Victory for fair-minded British people’
Yesterday (May 21) Unite severely rebuked PM Boris Johnson’s hard-line stance not to waive the £400 NHS surcharge for overseas health and social care workers... Read More
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It’s good to talk
At the turn of the 20th century, a new system was introduced into manufacturing in the UK. It was called piecework. An unintended consequence was... Read More
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Ministers are at ‘sixes and sevens’
Unite accused the government today (Thursday May 21) of being at ‘sixes and sevens’ over its London transport policy and plans to get commuters back... Read More
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Clarks to slash jobs
The announcement of more than 100 jobs losses at the headquarters of shoemaker Clarks in Somerset is a ‘bitter blow’ for staff and the local economy, Unite... Read More
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‘Mean-spirited and shabby’
BREAKING NEWS: Thanks to Unite action the PM is now saying the overseas NHS and care workers will have the charge removed (at 16.41, May... Read More
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The Wave
From the window in my kitchen I see the field. In the early evening sky Where the golden light above the greenwood glows and the... Read More
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Unite phone buddies
At no other time in living memory have so many people been so isolated from one another for so long. Social isolation even at the... Read More
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Apprentices hit hard by pandemic
At a time that when industry must look to the future to rebuild the economy after the coronavirus crisis, employers are taking a short-term view... Read More
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‘Time is running out’
Unite has called on the government to urgently bring forward a “coherent strategy” for the aviation sector as a whole, as potential job losses mount... Read More
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‘Hasty knee-jerk reaction’
Unite today (May 20) slammed plans by aerospace giant Rolls-Royce to slash thousands of jobs globally, with more than 3,000 job losses planned in the... Read More
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‘Shameful opportunism’: Rolls-Royce jobs axe plan slammed
Responding to the news today (May 20) that Rolls-Royce is to cut 9,000 jobs globally, 3,375 of them in the UK, by the end of 2020... Read More
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Helping us through the dark days
Everyone is finding it tough right now – whether you’re working from home and home schooling your kids at the same time, furloughed, unsure about... Read More
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Jobless claims rise to more than 2m
When a survey found this week that millions of people fear losing their jobs in the next six months, shocking unemployment figures reveal today (May... Read More
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10,000 green buses call
In towns and cities across the UK air pollution has decreased since the beginning of the coronavirus lockdown as traffic congestion has eased. When lockdown... Read More