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NHS pay rise before Christmas call

Monday, November 9th, 2020

Unite and health unions reiterate call for significant NHS pay rise as second Covid-19 wave hits the UK

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Unite supports 'no confidence' vote in Jersey's chief minister

Monday, November 9th, 2020

Unite supports vote of no confidence in Jersey’s chief minister in row over chief executive’s second job

3 min

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'We've been left with no alternative'

Monday, November 9th, 2020

Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick workers begin strike action in fight to save their historic plant

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'Using Covid-19 as a cloak to justify jobs’ cull'

Friday, November 6th, 2020

Closure of Alexander Dennis plant in Guildford with 200 job losses ‘cynically fast tracked’, says Unite

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Spycops latest

Friday, November 6th, 2020

Trade unionists were spied on by undercover police officers ‘for decades’ undercover police inquiry hears

6 min

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‘Bringing both sides of the community together’

Friday, November 6th, 2020

Covid is a cruel virus scarring us mentally as well as physically – raising anxiety, fears. Keeping families apart, making those happily living alone, lonely. B...

6 min

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Fat cats cashing in on Covid

Friday, November 6th, 2020

Some big companies have cashed in on pandemic bonanza but are still slashing jobs - UniteLIVE investigates

6 min

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 ‘A deep and damaging recession looms’

Friday, November 6th, 2020

Today Friday November 6, alongside our Scottish regional secretary Pat Rafferty, I am co-hosting the latest in a series of regional meetings to discuss Unite...

6 min

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Halt Rolls-Royce job losses call

Thursday, November 5th, 2020

Rolls-Royce urged to use furlough extension until March to safeguard UK jobs under threat

3 min

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Caterpillar job losses 'devastating blow'

Thursday, November 5th, 2020

Unite blasts 700 job losses at Caterpillar sites across Northern Ireland as a 'scandalous profit grab'

3 min

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'Misery' for deaf communities

Thursday, November 5th, 2020

Unite slams 'opportunistic’ sign language service attacks during pandemic

3 min

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Doncaster braced for Christmas bin strikes

Thursday, November 5th, 2020

Unite to ballot refuse worker members over strike action in bullying and harassment dispute

3 min

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'We'll be fighting tooth and nail for our members'

Thursday, November 5th, 2020

Unite vows to fight to redeploy all members after Sainsbury’s announces 3,500 job cuts

6 min

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‘People need more than short-term sticking plasters’

Thursday, November 5th, 2020

Commenting in response to the Chancellor’s latest announcement (today, Thursday November 5) of additional financial support for business and workers in lockdown...

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The dark underbelly of the food industry

Wednesday, November 4th, 2020

Recently, a number of celebrity chefs and restauranteurs, including Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, signed a letter calling on Boris Johnson to ba...

6 min

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Major job losses announced at LBG

Wednesday, November 4th, 2020

Unite brands 1,000 LBG job cuts a 'shameful decision'

3 min

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Heathrow catering firm named and shamed

Wednesday, November 4th, 2020

Heathrow catering company DO & CO snubs furlough extension and plans to sack more than 1,000 workers

3 min

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'Skills, confidence and opportunities'

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020

For more than 20 years, the Union Learning Fund has improved people’s life chances. Now it is under threat – here’s how you can help

9 min

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