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One hundred days of winning for workers

Monday, December 6th, 2021

Over 90 Argos lorry drivers based at the Heywood depot in the North West see their basic rate of pay increase by an incredible 31 per cent – meaning annual earn...

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Winning for workers

Monday, December 6th, 2021

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham, who has now served her first 100 days in office, has introduced radical changes to the way the union operates, focusing i...

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Hospitality staff subjected to abuse and death threats over mask wearing

Tuesday, November 30th, 2021

Unite has demanded Culture Secretary, Nadine Dorries, acts now to ensure mandatory mask wearing for customers visiting hospitality venues across the UK, in the ...

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Liverpool dockers secure improved pay deal

Monday, November 29th, 2021

Dock workers employed at the port of Liverpool have accepted a significantly improved pay offer.

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Unite saves Christmas

Wednesday, November 24th, 2021

South West Sainsbury’s shortage fears ended as DHL drivers agree inflation beating pay increase

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‘Landmark case’ in fight against NHS hiving-off

Friday, November 19th, 2021

The takeover of GP practices in London by US health insurance giant Centene Corporation will be subject of a judicial review in early 2022 after more than £70,0...

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Time for tea? Time for talks more like

Friday, November 19th, 2021

Unite has called for urgent talks with consumer goods giant Unilever, following the sale of its tea division to private equity group CVC Capital Partners, part ...

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Workers must not pay for pandemic

Thursday, November 18th, 2021

Unite’s leader Sharon Graham said the union will continue to base claims on the RPI (retail price index) figure rather that CPI (consumer price index) because i...

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‘An act of industrial vandalism’

Thursday, November 18th, 2021

Unite has today (November 18) described the government’s decision to cancel the HS2 spur to Leeds as an ‘act of industrial vandalism’.

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Woolwich Ferry workers to strike again

Tuesday, November 16th, 2021

Woolwich Ferry workers vote to strike over Transport for London’s ‘year of misrule’

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Morrisons warehouse staff in strike ballot

Tuesday, November 16th, 2021

Morrisons warehouse workers ballot for industrial action with pre-Christmas strikes looming

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Pandemics have their own music...

Friday, November 12th, 2021

Unite's Joy Johnson reflects on pandemic in her latest poem

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'Excellent result'

Friday, November 12th, 2021

Faiveley Transport workers on Merseyside secure pay increase as strikes avoided

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'Tremendous achievement'

Friday, November 12th, 2021

Future of Rolls-Royce plant at Barnoldswick finally secured after long campaign

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'Playing fast and loose with facts'

Thursday, November 11th, 2021

Unite blasts Weetabix claims ‘fire and rehire’ tactics irrelevant to current dispute

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Two weeks to save the NHS

Thursday, November 11th, 2021

Unite leads campaign to oppose the Health and Care bill

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University of Cambridge in outsourcing row

Wednesday, November 10th, 2021

Cambridge university maintenance staff being lined up for ‘misguided’ outsourcing deal, warns Unite

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B&Q shortages warning

Wednesday, November 10th, 2021

DIYers braced for nationwide B&Q store shortages after Wincanton causes warehouse strikes

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