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‘The continuing carousel of sleaze and cronyism allegations’
Wednesday, April 28th, 2021
There usually comes a time in the life-time of a long-serving government when there is a light bulb moment which turns out to be terminal for its popularity and...
6 min
‘I’m the most unlikely person to stand’
Tuesday, April 27th, 2021
Carol Mochan, who’s standing to be a Scottish Labour Party candidate in the Scottish Parliament, may not be your usual career politician - but she’s not going t...
8 min
‘Where’s the hope?’
Tuesday, April 27th, 2021
Labour councillor Ross Willmott, who’s standing as a Labour candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, has bee...
7 min
'I am living it and I care'
Tuesday, April 27th, 2021
Nikki Coles, a Unite Community member, who has lived in Fratton, Portsmouth for the past nine years describes herself as just an ordinary mum, but she knows fir...
5 min
Workers suffering mental health ‘epidemic’
Tuesday, April 27th, 2021
Ahead of tomorrow’s International Workers’ Memorial Day (April 28) workers are suffering a mental health ‘epidemic’, a UK and Ireland-wide survey of Unite workp...
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Failed pay promises
Tuesday, April 27th, 2021
Biomedical scientists have been on the frontline of Covid-19 testing during the past year.
4 min
Deeply disturbing
Tuesday, April 27th, 2021
Agriculture has long been considered the most dangerous sector in the UK, with fatality rates 18 times the national average.
3 min
Remembered and honoured
Tuesday, April 27th, 2021
Tomorrow (Wednesday 28 April) on International Workers’ Memorial Day, Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey, will join Unite families who have lost loved ones ...
4 min
Outlaw ruthless ‘fire and rehire’ practices
Monday, April 26th, 2021
Fire and rehire has been described by Unite general secretary Len McCluskey as being a ‘disease that’s ripping through our workplaces’.
5 min
Ministers in soup over pressures on chefs
Monday, April 26th, 2021
Ministers need to tighten up the legislation to stop chefs - one of the groups of employees most hit by Covid-19 – from being pressurised into working more than...
4 min
Hotel workers say no to ‘fire and re-hire’
Monday, April 26th, 2021
Unite, which represents thousands of workers in the hotel sector, held socially distanced demonstrations today (26 April) outside the flagship hotels of Interco...
4 min
End ‘bully boy’ fire and rehire fight launched
Monday, April 26th, 2021
Unite today (Monday April 26) launched a major national campaign to end the growing practice of fire and rehire.
8 min
Our Streets
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
With flowers for a vigil and a sombre tone women gathered to pay their respects. Why couldn’t she have been left alone?
2 min
Win for Sheffield University Students' Union workers
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
Unite victory for workers on zero hours at Sheffield University Students' Union
3 min
“Our members know their worth"
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
Engineers at Melrose-owned Brush Electrical in strike ballot over fire and rehire cuts of up to £15,000
4 min
‘Never been a better time to care’
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
I’m the Labour Party candidate for West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, and currently work as legal aid solicitor and member of Unite. I represent peopl...
6 min
'Only the start'
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
Doctors in Unite (DiU) determined to fight American healthcare company takeover of UK GP practices after ‘brilliant’ demo
5 min
‘No remote sign on. Full stop’
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
London bus operator Metroline has until 10 May to permanently drop its controversial ‘remote sign on’ policy – or it will face a summer of strikes, Unite warned...
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