‘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 ...
3 min
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Wirral bin dispute ends in victory
Friday, May 15th, 2020
Unite secures pay rise for Wirral refuse workers
3 min
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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
3 min
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While our hearts break…
Friday, May 15th, 2020
while our hearts break to the sound of sirens.
2 min
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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...
8 min
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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
6 min
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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’
7 min
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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 ...
4 min
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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...
6 min
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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
5 min
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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
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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