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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...

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‘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

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‘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...

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'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...

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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.

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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.

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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 ...

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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’.

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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?

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Win for Sheffield University Students' Union workers

Friday, April 23rd, 2021

Unite victory for workers on zero hours at Sheffield University Students' Union

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“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

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‘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...

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'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

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‘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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