Working people must not pay for economic crisis
Wednesday, May 13th, 2020
Public sector pay freeze must be taken off the table
6 min
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Public transport guidance 'lacks clarity'
Tuesday, May 12th, 2020
Unite slams latest government public transport guidance
4 min
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Furlough scheme extended
Tuesday, May 12th, 2020
Unite welcomes news jobs retention scheme extended until end of October
4 min
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'Mixed signals'
Tuesday, May 12th, 2020
PM fails to outline clear safe return to work plan after easing lockdown
6 min
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Low-paid workers more likely to die from Covid-19
Monday, May 11th, 2020
Unite calls for public inquiry amid 'alarming' figures of low-paid worker coronavirus death rates
5 min
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'Hugely concerning'
Monday, May 11th, 2020
Unite warns over impending 'catastrophe' in meat and poultry sector after Covid-19 death at Moy Park site
7 min
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Unite: We have an H&S army
Monday, May 11th, 2020
"We have an army, tens of thousands of experienced health and safety representatives who can play a key role."
3 min
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Unite calls for ‘clarity and caution’ as Johnson leads nation into sea of chaos
Monday, May 11th, 2020
Last night (May 10) PM Boris Johnson revealed the government’s long awaited ‘condition plan’ in the first steps to get Britain off lockdown – which far from giv...
9 min
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'Disproportionate suffering'
Thursday, May 7th, 2020
‘Reckoning’ needed on disproportionate Covid-19 deaths amongst black and Pakistani and Bangladeshi heritage people
3 min
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'Hungry for change'
Thursday, May 7th, 2020
Britons overwhelmingly want a new deal economy where key workers are valued
5 min
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‘At a fork in the road’
Thursday, May 7th, 2020
Responding to a manufacturers’ body report out today (May 7) on how long businesses would need to recover from the lockdown, Unite has warned that the nation st...
4 min
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'Working together to feed the nation'
Thursday, May 7th, 2020
The Unite, Usdaw, BFAWU and GMB trade unions and the Food and Drink Federation (FDF), have joined together for the first time to commend the efforts of all thos...
3 min
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'We're skating on very thin ice'
Wednesday, May 6th, 2020
Unite warns over government easing of UK-wide lockdown
4 min
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Standing together really works – even at a distance
Wednesday, May 6th, 2020
As Covid-19 spread and the UK government started to take lock-down action in March 2020 the speed of the economic shutdown was worrying for all. Even more so f...
7 min
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'Struggling families cannot be made to pay for the crisis'
Wednesday, May 6th, 2020
As food bank use skyrockets, Unite Community Norfolk branch continues wth holiday hunger project
7 min
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Why furlough when you can sack?
Wednesday, May 6th, 2020
Unite officer with responsibility for Rolls-Royce in Derby, Tony Tinley, said, “Both ethically and morally, Giant should be accessing all monies available to en...
5 min
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Members’ safe working paramount
Wednesday, May 6th, 2020
We are in the very early stages of discussion, with much progress yet to be made before your union can be confident that the plans to re-open the economy put yo...
3 min
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Bus services must be safe call
Monday, May 4th, 2020
In particular, Unite is most concerned that as passenger numbers increase, buses that have been out of service since the beginning of the lockdown will be broug...
4 min
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