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'A cornerstone of our union and our democracy'

Wednesday, May 26th, 2021

Unite GS Len McCluskey: 'We must ensure the 'new normal' tackles the roots of inequality'

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IHG bosses: 'do the right thing'

Wednesday, May 5th, 2021

Climate conference in Glasgow should be catalyst for global hotel group reset on employment rights

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‘It’s time to be bold’

Thursday, April 22nd, 2021

I am a fighter and I am standing for our people. I was born and raised in the Tees Valley, worked as a retail worker, youth worker and went on to start a charit...

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Black Friday 1921: One hundred years on the unemployed still need to organise  

Friday, April 16th, 2021

Mention Black Friday today and most people will conjure up images of bargain-hunting shoppers grappling with each other for discounted consumer goods. But 100 y...

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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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Unseen heroes

Thursday, March 25th, 2021

Unite’s Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists highlights the vital role pharmacists have played throughout the pandemic

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Government ditches workers' rights review

Thursday, January 28th, 2021

Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng says workers’ rights review ‘is no longer happening’ following pressure from Labour and trade unions

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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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‘A poverty of ambition’

Tuesday, October 6th, 2020

Prime minister Boris Johnson’s pledge that every UK home will be powered by electricity from offshore wind farms by 2030 revealed ‘a poverty of ambition’, compa...

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‘Morally repugnant’

Wednesday, September 30th, 2020

A number of Cambridge University colleges, which are targeting some of their lowest paid employees for the jobs’ axe as they juggle their Covid-19 finances, hav...

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More than 1m jobs 'consigned to the scrapheap'

Monday, September 28th, 2020

Jobs in nightlife, sport, arts and events will fall through the cracks of chancellor’s short-time working scheme

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Short-time working scheme in the offing?

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak may soon bow to union pressure and announce new wage support scheme

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‘Join a union - a force for good’

Monday, September 21st, 2020

It might not be business as usual for the Labour Party conference this year – but at lunch-time (September 21) Labour Connected treated online viewers to a full...

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'Cronyism and chaos'

Monday, September 21st, 2020

Billions of taxpayer funds wasted as fat cat firms cash in on Covid-19 contracts

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Education vital in fight against racism

Monday, September 21st, 2020

Unite’s Susan Matthews takes part in Labour’s Black Lives Matter event

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Covid: Is writing on the wall for print and accountable broadcast news?

Wednesday, September 16th, 2020

The rival GB news channel being set up from the headquarters of Rupert Murdoch is said to be FOX News in style and content.  With that on the horizon and the ev...

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PM told to extend furlough - or risk opening job loss 'floodgates'

Wednesday, September 16th, 2020

Unite GS Len McCluskey writes to prime minister Boris Johnson urging action on furlough scheme

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Inspiring the young and women to find their voices

Tuesday, September 15th, 2020

This Tuesday, September 15, will be an unforgettable moment in the life of Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail. Because on this date, at the close o...

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