apprentices

Apprentices hit hard by pandemic

Wednesday, May 20th, 2020

Unite calls for gov’t to support apprentices and young people amid crisis

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‘Time is running out’

Wednesday, May 20th, 2020

The urgency for government intervention has been underlined by major employers in the aviation as well as associated aerospace sectors announcing over 30,000 po...

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'Hasty knee-jerk reaction'

Wednesday, May 20th, 2020

Unite AGS Steve Turner speaks out on on Rolls-Royce job losses

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‘Shameful opportunism’: Rolls-Royce jobs axe plan slammed

Wednesday, May 20th, 2020

“This company has accepted public money to furlough thousands of workers. Unite and Britain’s taxpayers deserve a more responsible approach to a national emerge...

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Helping us through the dark days

Tuesday, May 19th, 2020

That’s why, in mental health awareness week, Unite health sector, which includes our psychologist members, have forwarded to us an ingenious four week calendar ...

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Jobless claims rise to more than 2m

Tuesday, May 19th, 2020

Unite demands gov’t action as jobless claims soar by 70 per cent

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10,000 green buses call

Tuesday, May 19th, 2020

‘Crucial’ that bus maker ADL’s plan to build 10,000 green buses included in government's £5bn public transport fund.

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Not at the expense of workers

Tuesday, May 19th, 2020

He said Unite had processes in place that could make the static workplace safe – and had been in talks with government at the highest level – but he emphasised,...

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Employers and gov't urged to get to grips with mental health crisis

Monday, May 18th, 2020

Unite highlights pandemic anxieties as majority of workers fear losing their jobs

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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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