Template for furlough deals?
Thursday, April 23rd, 2020
An agreement which will see over 100 workers at 12 Greenwich libraries furloughed on 100 per cent of pay during the coronavirus pandemic, could become a nationw...
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'From feast to famine'
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
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‘Essential workers must be able to afford essential things’
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
COVID-19 crisis exposes poor treatment of vital workers supplying major supermarkets
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Woolwich Ferry workers win
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
Woolwich Ferry workers to receive 100 per cent of pay if furloughed
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'His loss is simply immeasurable'
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
“Gerallt was a hero alongside all of our frontline NHS staff. Day in day out they are selflessly putting themselves at risk in order to protect us all from this...
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Victory for casual workers at Marriott Hotels
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
Unite celebrates key hospitality victory as casual staff furloughed
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Steep rise in care home deaths
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
Care home deaths underscore urgent need for PPE in sector
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How to social distance safely
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
believe that people with big gardens should not be going to the park. Similarly if you go out and you have a garden you could make people sick by making a crow...
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Unite Facebook live event
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
Following on from Unite's popular Facebook Live legal Q&A event, Unite will be hosting another one Facebook Live Q&A for members in the health sector tomorrow (...
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Litany of criticism
Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
“It is the right of every single worker in this country not to put themselves at risk of injury or hazard if they're going to work,” he said, noting that the la...
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Tough times for our cabbies
Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
Four weeks into lockdown Unite London taxi driver Jim Kelly on what it's really like for our self-employed members.
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Unite: taxi drivers in urgent financial support plea
Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
“Taxi drivers are really struggling. We can’t wait until June to be paid.” That is the message being echoed by taxi drivers up and down the country, and it...
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Unite winning for workers
Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
Great news just in (April 21) has seen Unite save hundreds of Adecco agency workers from redundancy at world-renowned luxury car manufacturer Bentley Motors.
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Road to ruin
Monday, April 20th, 2020
Unite calls for urgent talks with transport secretary as UK taxi drivers face financial ruin
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PPE 'tsar' welcomed
Monday, April 20th, 2020
McCluskey: government heeds Unite's calls but not a minute more to waste
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National shame
Monday, April 20th, 2020
Unite believes that the government's continued lack of PPE for front line workers is a scandal.
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Ask Alys: what are my rights as a vulnerable employee?
Friday, April 17th, 2020
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Workers can't pay the price again
Friday, April 17th, 2020
After the pandemic – workers can’t pay the price again says Sharon Graham, Executive Officer, Unite the Union
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