‘Give us a social security package’

Wednesday, June 16th, 2021

As the furlough scheme is about to end, so will the £20 Universal Credit ‘uplift’. With double the number of claimants since onset of Covid, Unite demands the U...

6 min

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'Workers and businesses still need more help'

Tuesday, June 15th, 2021

New figures show more than a half million fewer people on company payrolls since pandemic began

5 min

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'Metro misery'

Tuesday, June 15th, 2021

Tyne and Wear braced for ‘Metro misery’ during rail maintenance strikes

3 min

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Unite lorry driver manifesto launched

Tuesday, June 15th, 2021

Manifesto launched to end chronic UK lorry driver crisis

4 min

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'Passengers and bus drivers at renewed risk'

Tuesday, June 15th, 2021

Mask wearing and reduced capacity on buses must be enforced and extended for public safety, warns Unite

3 min

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Extend furlough call

Monday, June 14th, 2021

Ahead of expected four-week delay to lockdown easing, Unite reiterates call for continued financial support for workers and hard-hit industries

6 min

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Thousands of Stoke families at risk

Monday, June 14th, 2021

Stoke council plans to sack health visitors and school nurses would adversely affect up to 3000 families

4 min

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Dozens of Loganair jobs saved

Monday, June 14th, 2021

35 Loganair cabin crew jobs saved across Scottish airports thanks to innovative training courses

5 min

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Bromley library win

Friday, June 11th, 2021

Unite hails victory in Bromley library ‘late night openings’ row

3 min

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Lancashire biomedical scientists strikes continue

Friday, June 11th, 2021

Shame of the NHS bosses who refuse talks to resolve Lancashire biomedical scientists’ pay upgrade dispute

4 min

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Make your voice heard

Thursday, June 10th, 2021

Unite’s current general secretary Len McCluskey is standing down – and the race to be his successor has already started. Who will be the next leader of Unite? U...

4 min

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Scrapping of electrician deskilling plans welcomed

Wednesday, June 9th, 2021

Balfour Beatty and NG Bailey commit to JIB agreement

3 min

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'Counterproductive' redundancies

Wednesday, June 9th, 2021

Unite protests at Leeds debt charity StepChange over plans to slash up to 170 jobs

4 min

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Weetabix strikes announced

Wednesday, June 9th, 2021

Weetabix strikes at Northamptonshire sites confirmed over company’s disgraceful fire and rehire plans

4 min

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Outsourced hospital catering staff to strike

Tuesday, June 8th, 2021

Royal London hospital patients facing ‘food chaos’ as Serco workers to strike in bullying and roster clash

4 min

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'Totally unacceptable'

Tuesday, June 8th, 2021

‘Exhausted’ north west ambulance staff to consider industrial action over excessive mileage, says Unite

4 min

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'Just not good enough'

Tuesday, June 8th, 2021

Unite: re-heated watchdog proposals fail to address biggest issue facing UK workers – fire and rehire

7 min

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Cornwall 'pushed to the margins for far too long'

Monday, June 7th, 2021

Ahead of G7 Summit, hosted in Cornwall this year, Unite calls on prime minister to commit to blueprint for region’s economic renaissance

7 min

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