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‘We’re at five minutes to midnight…’

Monday, May 18th, 2020

“Governments in Europe and globally have provided financial support for their aviation sectors because they recognise it is vital to an economy, and the UK gove...

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'Rocket booster' NHS blueprint

Monday, May 18th, 2020

Health unions draw up plan for safely reopening NHS

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Chancellor, get back round table with unions call  

Monday, May 18th, 2020

Trade unions have also been at the virtual table in daily discussions with ministers and employers, thrashing out the urgent measures needed to keep our people ...

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‘Slap in the face’

Friday, May 15th, 2020

“JCB is preparing to throw 1,500 workers under the bus just as the government asks employers to pay their fair share towards protecting jobs and keeping the hea...

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Solidarity with Uganda – help needed

Friday, May 15th, 2020

Unite Greater Manchester Social Action Branch is launching an urgent appeal on behalf of the Amalgamated Transport & General Workers Union (ATGWU) in Uganda to ...

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Wirral bin dispute ends in victory

Friday, May 15th, 2020

Unite secures pay rise for Wirral refuse workers

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'Opportunism of the worst kind'

Friday, May 15th, 2020

Unite slams aerospace parts firm for plans to make 200 staff redundant

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While our hearts break…

Friday, May 15th, 2020

while our hearts break to the sound of sirens.

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‘Another world is possible’

Friday, May 15th, 2020

In Kingston Hospital, where I was hospitalised, a memo was issued just days after I was discharged warning that PPE was running so low that all non-critical war...

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Test meat processing workers now call

Friday, May 15th, 2020

Unite calls for Covid-19 testing at meat processing sites after Moy Park worker dies

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'They must be properly rewarded'

Thursday, May 14th, 2020

Unite calls on government to support council workers as English councils face £10bn coronavirus ‘black hole’

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‘Pick up and carry forward Sean’s work’

Thursday, May 14th, 2020

“We will mark Sean’s passing properly when it is possible to do so,” said Len McCluskey, “but the greatest memorial to his life and work must be to pick up and ...

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True human cost of Covid-19

Thursday, May 14th, 2020

Unite workplace reps are at the forefront of dealing with the crisis at work across all sectors of the economy, and a report published this week based on a surv...

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Mental health tops workers’ lockdown worries

Thursday, May 14th, 2020

Dealing with employees’ mental health challenges on this scale is not going to be easy and Unite is calling on employers to take proactive and immediate action,...

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Public transport in London packed

Wednesday, May 13th, 2020

Trains, tubes and buses heaving on first day gov’t told people to return to work

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Working people must not pay for economic crisis

Wednesday, May 13th, 2020

Public sector pay freeze must be taken off the table

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Public transport guidance 'lacks clarity'

Tuesday, May 12th, 2020

Unite slams latest government public transport guidance

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Furlough scheme extended

Tuesday, May 12th, 2020

Unite welcomes news jobs retention scheme extended until end of October

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