Time to be ‘more German’?
Thursday, August 20th, 2020
In the UK, the Chancellor is refusing to extend the furlough scheme despite the prospect of mass job losses. But in Germany, the ‘Kurzarbeit’ social insurance s...
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easyJet passengers and staff treated 'with complete disregard'
Thursday, August 20th, 2020
Abandoned in Croatia, easyJet passenger shares his holiday nightmare story as Unite stages easyJet protests over regional base closures
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British Airways heading for 'winter of discontent'
Thursday, August 20th, 2020
Unite warns ‘appalling’ BA that fight to stop its industrial thuggery is stepping up
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Bus maker Alexander Dennis urged to 'come clean' over job cuts
Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
Unite slams Alexander Dennis over opportunistic job cuts and Turkey outsourcing plans
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'Jobs for the boys and girls'?
Tuesday, August 18th, 2020
Unite slams ‘nakedly corrupt display’ as Tory peer with no public health experience appointed leader of PHE successor
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Council workers reject 'poverty pay' offer
Monday, August 17th, 2020
Unite council workers reject ‘insulting £1.83 a day poverty pay’ offer that will now be imposed
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PHE lined up to be 'the fall guy'
Monday, August 17th, 2020
Public Health England is being used as a scapegoat for government’s Covid-19 failings
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'Huge kick in the teeth'
Monday, August 17th, 2020
Staff at prestigious Glasgow restaurant The Ivy speak out about bosses’ mistreatment during pandemic
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The ‘fight of our lives’
Monday, August 17th, 2020
With the tsunami of job losses we predicted when Rishi Sunak announced, the phasing-out of the furlough scheme now coming to pass, the government’s reversion to...
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Landmark toxic cabin air ruling
Friday, August 14th, 2020
Unite welcomes a US ruling compensating a pilot after being exposed to toxic cabin air
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‘Scandalous’ treatment of airport’s staff
Friday, August 14th, 2020
The treatment of Jersey Airport’s Swissport staff facing 70 per cent redundancies by both the company and the island’s government is ‘scandalous’, Unite said to...
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A sightseer in Beirut
Friday, August 14th, 2020
In the morning the vast inspiring Al Amin Mosque. Heads covered feet bare. Under the chandeliers our whispered voices echoes of centuries.
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Heroes and zeroes
Friday, August 14th, 2020
UniteLIVE highlights the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis
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Luton Airport demo
Thursday, August 13th, 2020
Luton Airport protesters demand chancellor keeps aviation promise and stops regional ‘devastation’
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Industrial action 'on the cards' at housing association
Thursday, August 13th, 2020
Shift pattern changes at Liverpool housing association prompts prospect of industrial action
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'We will not allow our reps to be bullied'
Thursday, August 13th, 2020
Manchester bus workers to hold consultative ballot on industrial action, as rep suspended for carrying out trade union duties
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Rock-bottom morale
Thursday, August 13th, 2020
As NatWest announces voluntary redundancies, UniteLIVE investigates why so many bank branch staff have had enough
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UK plunged into recession
Wednesday, August 12th, 2020
UK suffers ‘world-beating’ recession worse than any G7 country, as Britain’s excess death toll rises to highest in all Europe
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