Mask wearing must continue to ease burden on NHS

Tuesday, July 13th, 2021

Mask wearing should be compulsory in NHS settings as Covid infection rates soar, Unite said

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Amazon accused of pandemic profiteering

Tuesday, July 13th, 2021

Unite raises Amazon’s pandemic profiteering with the Competition and Markets Authority

4 min

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Bus drivers 'deserve to be treated better'

Monday, July 12th, 2021

Bus drivers briefed on safety rights after government confirms ending of mask wearing rules on public transport

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MoD's 'addiction to outsourcing a disaster'

Monday, July 12th, 2021

MoD outsourcing undermines workers’ conditions, is inefficient and risks safety, Unite warns select committee

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Tower Hamlets 'must keep its word and stop privatisation'

Monday, July 12th, 2021

Tower Hamlets' privatisation of elderly assessment team slammed as workers strike

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'Important victory' for Carillion workers

Monday, July 12th, 2021

Unite wins significant legal victory for Carillion workers seeking compensation following company’s collapse

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Council funding gaps must be closed

Friday, July 9th, 2021

£3bn council funding blackhole from pandemic will ‘tear communities apart’ unless fixed

3 min

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'Footie' bank holiday?

Friday, July 9th, 2021

Unite: potential extra bank holiday should be made permanent – and every worker must receive it

5 min

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Government 'must move to protect aviation workers'

Thursday, July 8th, 2021

Government changes on amber list travel rules will not return aviation to full health, warns Unite

3 min

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Clark's workers face fire and rehire threat

Thursday, July 8th, 2021

Unite warns Clarks’ entire Somerset operation could strike over fire and rehire attacks

3 min

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nuclear power

'Time for dithering on new nuclear capacity is over'

Thursday, July 8th, 2021

Heat turned up over lack of ministerial commitment to ‘green’ financing of nuclear energy

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'Piling more pressure' on 'exhausted drivers'

Thursday, July 8th, 2021

Industry bodies echo Unite's opposition to extension of maximum lorry driver hours

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'The chancellor has to think again'

Thursday, July 8th, 2021

As the government confirms it will press ahead with Universal Credit cut, Unite urges ministers to rethink decision

6 min

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Brush Electrical workers face 'sign or be sacked' ultimatum

Wednesday, July 7th, 2021

Fire and rehire turns into ‘sign or be sacked’ for striking East Midland’s Brush Electrical Machines engineers

4 min

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Constructiion worker

'Huge victory'

Wednesday, July 7th, 2021

Greenwich housing repair staff win ‘one of best’ pay and productivity deals at London councils, says Unite

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lorry driver

Making 'difficult situation worse'

Wednesday, July 7th, 2021

Government’s decision to relax lorry driver rules will not solve driver shortage, warns Unite

4 min

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'We won't give up the fight'

Wednesday, July 7th, 2021

Unite members at GKN Erdington take the fight to save their plant to Parliament

8 min

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Bus workers furious over gov't plans to end mandatory masks

Tuesday, July 6th, 2021

Unite officer John Murphy: ‘taking off masks will increase the risk’ to bus workers

2 min

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