Tugboat strikes 'shot across management's bows'
Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
Devonport naval base faces 96 hours of strike action by tugboat crew in rota row
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Hopes for Euro hols – but govt support vital
Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
Commenting on reports that popular European travel destinations will be added to a UK government ‘green list’ for holidaymakers by the end of June, Unite nation...
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'Unsung heroes'
Tuesday, May 4th, 2021
On May the Fourth – Star Wars Day – Unite sends ‘the force’ to all council workers in their continued fight for fair pay
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Dudley Hospital Covid risk shame
Tuesday, May 4th, 2021
Unite is warning because of systematic failures by outsourcing giant Mitie, which holds the facility management contract for the NHS Dudley Hospital Trust, staf...
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Overlooked and undervalued
Tuesday, May 4th, 2021
Join our ‘May the 4th’ campaign in calling on the government to fully fund a proper pay rise for council workers
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Walk the wall
Sunday, May 2nd, 2021
Unite GS Len McCluskey urges everyone to #WalktheWall and support campaign to make Covid Memorial Wall permanent
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'Being a Unite member will anchor everything I do'
Friday, April 30th, 2021
“I see London as a tale of two cities – in some areas there is such immense wealth and in other areas there are queues around the corner for the food bank. How ...
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“We’ve got the whole picture, we’ve got a plan”
Friday, April 30th, 2021
“I got involved in politics in 2010 when the coalition government set about selling off the land registry – which affected us and had an impact on our clients,”...
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‘What Labour can do for the community’
Friday, April 30th, 2021
“Where I live we’ve had three Tory councillors for the past three years. Before that it was Lib Dem. We’ve never had a Labour city councillor in this area so I’...
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'Amazon workers need an independent voice'
Friday, April 30th, 2021
Amazon profits triple amid reports of union busting and poor treatment
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Mental health issues surging at work
Friday, April 30th, 2021
Unite director of research John Earls: 'We need stronger trade unions to create healthier, safer workplaces and a fairer post-Covid economy'
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Public 'firmly against' fire and rehire tactics
Friday, April 30th, 2021
New poll shows seven in ten back ban for ‘bully boy’ fire and rehire
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‘All one multi-ethnic working class’
Thursday, April 29th, 2021
In this ‘tale of two cities’ Oxford Unite member Dr Hosnieh Djafari Marbini, re-standing as a city councillor, believes that local people working together can t...
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'More important than ever to vote Labour'
Thursday, April 29th, 2021
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‘An incredible memorial’
Thursday, April 29th, 2021
Yesterday (April 28) was Workers’ Memorial Day. As part of the union’s observation of this date when we remember all those who have lost their lives at work, Un...
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Coffee workers’ terms row May Day demo
Thursday, April 29th, 2021
Workers at JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) in Banbury are ramping up pressure in the ‘fire and rehire’ dispute with a protest on Saturday (May 1), followed up with a...
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Don’t underestimate our Sarah
Wednesday, April 28th, 2021
For Unite member Sarah Murphy, who is standing as a Welsh Labour candidate for the Bridgend constituency at the Senedd election, hard work and trade unionism ar...
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‘The continuing carousel of sleaze and cronyism allegations’
Wednesday, April 28th, 2021
There usually comes a time in the life-time of a long-serving government when there is a light bulb moment which turns out to be terminal for its popularity and...
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