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‘Odious sleight of hand’
A bullying culture and using Covid-19 as a smokescreen are the hallmarks of an attempt by Go North West to reduce the wages of 500... Read More
Serco track and trace failures
Unite joins calls for lucrative Serco contract for track and trace services to be scrapped
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‘Adequate sick pay’ call
Workers who need to self-isolate at a Bakkavor dessert factory in Newark, Nottinghamshire, where there has been a coronavirus outbreak must be provided with ‘adequate sick... Read More
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‘Ignored by the gov’t in their hour of need’
New jobless figures published on Tuesday (August 11) show the scale of the employment crisis facing the UK amid the coronavirus pandemic, with nearly three... Read More
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‘Make your voice heard in the post-pandemic world’
We are living through unprecedented and dramatic times which has seen Covid-19 claim the lives of tens of thousands of our fellow citizens, and more... Read More
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Croydon council job cuts ‘fire sale’
Croydon council is being urged to pause its consultation on mass redundancies in order to preserve jobs and protect frontline services during the health and... Read More
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Heathrow workers protest bosses’ greed
As part of Unite's new aviation campaign, a series of demos were held on Saturday (August 8) and today (August 10) at airports across the... Read More
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Heathrow ‘greed’
The likelihood of industrial action at Heathrow airport is increasing after Unite began consulting members on proposals by the employer to cut pay by nearly... Read More
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‘Nothing more than commodities’ – Unite response to BA’s shameful staff cuts
Unite assistant general secretary, Howard Beckett, today (August 7) told Sky News, "There’s 6,000 staff forced to apply for voluntary redundancy, not on good terms... Read More
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Protect crane drivers from extreme heat call
The extreme heat of recent days could be putting crane drivers at risk their union Unite has warned as the UK was struck by yet... Read More
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How the govt fails to take women seriously
A joint statement earlier this week (August 5) by the TUC, Centenary Action Group, the Fawcett Society, Women’s Aid and trade unions representing parliamentary staff (Unite, Prospect,... Read More
Coronavirus News Feature
‘Why should we wait?’
In Part 1 of our two-part series on NHS pay justice, we heard from A&E nurse and Unite branch secretary Mark Boothroyd, as well as... Read More
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‘Forced out by company greed’
Today August 7, more than 6,000 BA staff - 4,000 of them being cabin crew, are being forced to leave British Airways, and while the... Read More
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‘We were in the thick of it’
More than 500 UK health workers have died in the line of duty battling the coronavirus pandemic – this is among the highest health staff... Read More
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Heroes and zeroes
Every week here on UniteLIVE, we bring you the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week's latest. NHS workers continuing... Read More
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‘We need everyone to come together’
From tomorrow (August 8), Unite will stage a series of UK-wide protests to demand chancellor Rishi Sunak prevents the UK’s aviation industry from being devastated... Read More
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‘Wish you were here – to save aviation jobs’
UK-wide protests will be held between Saturday 8 August and Monday 10 August to demand chancellor Rishi Sunak prevents the UK’s aviation industry from being... Read More
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RSPCA jobs cull
RSPCA bosses have been accused of using Covid-19 as an excuse to sack 279 workers as part of a jobs’ cull strategy that predates the... Read More
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NHS pay justice call
When health secretary Matt Hancock said in May, at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, that he would do everything in his power to reward... Read More
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‘Shame’ on logistics giant DHL Tradeteam
The decisions to close the Tradeteam Ltd depot in Sheffield and downgrade the site at Ebbw Vale, south Wales with the loss of more than... Read More