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St Mungo's maintenance staff to strike

Thursday, April 8th, 2021

Maintenance workers at the St Mungo’s housing charity will begin indefinite strike action from Thursday 22 April in response to ‘appalling treatment’ by senior ...

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Estate agents using Goodlord ‘facing further pain’

Thursday, April 8th, 2021

London estate agents using services from Goodlord are ‘facing further pain’ after striking workers from the lettings software provider were balloted for fresh i...

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Hotel hit 'is not journalism’

Wednesday, April 7th, 2021

Responding to the piece broadcast by Sky News in relation to the Birmingham hotel, conference and education facility built for Unite, the union said today (Wedn...

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We will remember them

Wednesday, April 7th, 2021

A once imposing war memorial dedicated to members of the print union Natsopa has been restored to its former glory and takes pride of place in a new peace garde...

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‘Groundhog Day’ at the Woolwich Ferry

Wednesday, April 7th, 2021

Workers operating the Woolwich Ferry, now run by Transport for London (TfL), are holding a ballot for strike action over the victimisation of a Unite rep, the u...

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‘Toxic’ firm’s threat to ‘fire and rehire’ 300 staff

Tuesday, April 6th, 2021

Coffee-drinking supermarket customers will be a key element in the ‘fire and rehire’ dispute affecting nearly 300 employees at the JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) si...

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Tugboat crew strike in roster row

Tuesday, April 6th, 2021

Two days of strike action this week by Plymouth tugboat crews in a rostering dispute will cause serious disruption to naval traffic in the docks, Unite warned t...

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'Green light to racists'

Tuesday, April 6th, 2021

It’s not genetics, vitamin D, underlying conditions, or lifestyle choices causing disproportionate deaths of black and Asian people from Covid-19. It is poverty...

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'Here for you'

Sunday, April 4th, 2021

Unite GS Len McCluskey’s special message to members a year on from the start of the pandemic

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Amazon campaign hits the streets

Thursday, April 1st, 2021

Unite began a major newspaper and digital advertising campaign yesterday (March 31), to alert Amazon workers about a confidential whistle-blowing hotline which ...

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'NHS staff are there for us all'

Thursday, April 1st, 2021

Unite launches new film highlighting the case for a significant pay rise for NHS staff

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Heathrow strikes called off

Thursday, April 1st, 2021

Heathrow workers secure pay offer following extensive negotiations

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London United bus strikes latest

Thursday, April 1st, 2021

London United bus strikes to intensify as new depots join strike action

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'Not a real living wage'

Thursday, April 1st, 2021

Low-paid workers worse off despite minimum wage hike as council tax and household bills rise

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Royal London hospital catering workers 'suffering persistent bullying'

Wednesday, March 31st, 2021

Royal London hospital patients facing meal disruption in Serco bullying and roster dispute

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Unite slams race report

Wednesday, March 31st, 2021

Race report has ‘extinguished any hope’ in addressing endemic inequalities, says Unite

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Safeguards needed on hi-tech work monitoring

Wednesday, March 31st, 2021

Unite has warned that safeguards must be fully implemented in workplaces to protect workers from the ‘unintended consequences’ of hi-tech monitoring following t...

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Action on Amazon

Wednesday, March 31st, 2021

Unite launches hotline & ad campaign to get a ‘new deal’ for Amazon workers

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