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Crisis of hunger

Thursday, November 12th, 2020

As food bank use skyrockets amid the pandemic, Unite calls for urgent welfare system reform

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MPs support embattled Barnoldswick workers

Thursday, November 12th, 2020

The government must put conditions on support for Rolls-Royce or risk jobs, says Grahame Morris MP

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Hackney parking wardens win

Wednesday, November 11th, 2020

Unite hails victory as Hackney parking wardens come back ‘in- house’

3 min

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GLL recognition deal 'huge step forward'

Wednesday, November 11th, 2020

Unite and Greenwich Leisure Limited agree union recognition

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'Time to stop government's economic rollercoaster'

Wednesday, November 11th, 2020

Unite calls for government action as more than 300,000 redundancies registered in last three months

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Lorry drivers 'denied basic rights'

Tuesday, November 10th, 2020

Campaign launched to ensure lorry drivers in Kent have decent facilities in Brexit lorry parks

3 min

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Protecting the right to picket

Tuesday, November 10th, 2020

Major legal challenge launched to defend right to picket during lockdown

4 min

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Vaccine breakthrough?

Tuesday, November 10th, 2020

New Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine sees hopeful results in clinical trials – but Unite has expressed concerns over distribution and safety

9 min

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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

7 min

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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

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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...

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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

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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...

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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

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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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