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'On the precipice of an unemployment crisis'

Tuesday, October 13th, 2020

Redundancy figures surge at the fastest rate since records began

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Spycops bill must be opposed

Tuesday, October 13th, 2020

Spycops bill puts trade unions and other lawful organisations at risk of infiltration

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Unite has got you covered

Monday, October 12th, 2020

Unite has developed a special 3-ply face covering to keep you and those you might come into contact with safer. The face covering complies with WHO standards g...

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BA boss Alex Cruz replaced

Monday, October 12th, 2020

Unite calls for a ‘new chapter of constructive relations’ at British Airways as Aer Lingus chief installed as Cruz’ successor

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"More support is needed to save jobs and protect incomes"

Friday, October 9th, 2020

Gov’t will pay two-thirds of workers’ wages for business forced to shut under Covid-19 restrictions

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Heroes and zeroes

Friday, October 9th, 2020

UniteLIVE highlights the latest heroes and zeroes amid coronavirus crisis

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‘We simply don’t have time’

Friday, October 9th, 2020

Unite has vowed to escalate its campaign to introduce stricter safety measures for London buses after it emerged that Unite member Kofi Opoku, who worked for  M...

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'Crass and insensitive'

Friday, October 9th, 2020

Cabin crew should retrain as care workers? This isn’t the first time DWP secretary Therese Coffey’s comments have sparked fury

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Pandemic 'shines even brighter spotlight on mental health'

Friday, October 9th, 2020

Ahead of World Mental Health Day on Saturday, mental health services have never been more important

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'Crying out for support'

Thursday, October 8th, 2020

easyJet call for bespoke government support echoed across entire aviation sector

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'Dangers as well as opportunities' for home workers

Thursday, October 8th, 2020

Unite: rise in homeworking requires negotiation and agreement not imposition

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Heathrow: Don't cut our pay plea

Thursday, October 8th, 2020

Last month Heathrow Airports Ltd (HAL) issued a section 188 notice beginning a process which could result in over 4,000 workers directly employed by the airport...

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Heathrow’s staff pay cuts 'owes more to boardroom greed than this virus'

Thursday, October 8th, 2020

Horrific pay cuts of up to £8,000 a year being imposed on thousands of Heathrow airport workers are the cost of eye-watering levels of debt and excessive paymen...

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XPO EXPOSED

Thursday, October 8th, 2020

Workers at XPO Logistics report unsafe working conditions, wage theft, misclassification and dangerous pandemic response in analysis of company’s operations in ...

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Anxious workforce in Covid-19 outbreak

Wednesday, October 7th, 2020

The Seagate workforce, based in Derry/Londonderry has been left anxious over an inadequate management response to the Covid-19 outbreak. Staff have been informe...

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‘A bitter blow’

Wednesday, October 7th, 2020

Responding to the announcement today (October 7) that Manchester Airport is intending to make dramatic job cuts Unite, the principal aviation union, has said it...

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‘Nurture newer voices’

Wednesday, October 7th, 2020

The decision taken by the union’s governing body, its Executive Council, will see Unite’s affiliation to the party drop by 10 per cent, or 50,000 affiliates – a...

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‘From strength to strength’

Tuesday, October 6th, 2020

Unite’s Unity over Division (UoD) campaign has received yet another boost after Caerphilly County Borough Council in Wales became the second employer to sign th...

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