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'Just not good enough'

Tuesday, June 8th, 2021

Unite: re-heated watchdog proposals fail to address biggest issue facing UK workers – fire and rehire

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Cornwall 'pushed to the margins for far too long'

Monday, June 7th, 2021

Ahead of G7 Summit, hosted in Cornwall this year, Unite calls on prime minister to commit to blueprint for region’s economic renaissance

7 min

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GE pensions attack

Monday, June 7th, 2021

GE workers strike ballot on the cards over swingeing cuts to their retirement incomes

4 min

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Weetabix fire and rehire strikes

Friday, June 4th, 2021

4 min

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'Self-inflicted crisis of industry's own creation'

Thursday, June 3rd, 2021

As London Mayor announces plans to tackle hospitality staff shortages, Unite calls for end to low pay and poor working conditions blighting the industry

7 min

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European driver fatigue at 'epidemic levels'

Thursday, June 3rd, 2021

Survey of professional drivers in Europe finds majority are regularly fatigued, with one in three lorry drivers falling asleep at the wheel

4 min

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London Ambulance Service

Unite welcomes bodycams for paramedics

Thursday, June 3rd, 2021

As paramedics face rising levels of assaults and abuse from patients and the public, body cameras can help protect staff

4 min

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'Absolute national scandal'

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021

Unite national officer Dave Turnbull: hospitality staff shortages 'a crisis of the industry's own creation'

2 min

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JDE accused of 'corporate gangsterism'

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021

Unite to escalate industrial action after dismissal notices for Banbury coffee workers over ‘fire and rehire’ plans

4 min

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'No other option but to strike'

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021

Sunrise Medical workers in Dudley to take strike action over pay

3 min

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Not out of the woods yet

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021

With the end of lockdown restrictions in sight, Unite urges government to see the bigger picture as NHS care backlog grows

6 min

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Sainsbury's bosses 'guilty of negotiating in bad faith'

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021

Sainsbury’s accused of ‘erecting brick wall’ to block attempts to keep Argos distribution centre in Somerset open

3 min

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construction

'Landmark agreement'

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021

HS2 trade union access agreement secured

3 min

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Ketchup is back!

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021

Unite hails vote of confidence in Heinz Wigan factory workforce as Kraft Heinz announces ketchup production will return to UK

4 min

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Anger as Pizza Express deducts wait staff tips

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021

Hospitality tipping law needed as Pizza Express becomes latest restaurant to unfairly deduct staff tips

6 min

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pathologists

Lancashire biomedical scientists strike

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021

Blackburn and Burnley patients face test delays as biomedical scientists begin three week strike action in back pay dispute

4 min

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Bexley 'summer stink' warning

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021

Serco refuse workers strike vote over pay opens

4 min

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Who will listen to my heart now?

Friday, May 28th, 2021

Covid-19 has unintended consequences - Unite's Joy Johnson's poem highlights how the GP surgery is one of them

2 min

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