Outlaw ruthless ‘fire and rehire’ practices
Monday, April 26th, 2021
Fire and rehire has been described by Unite general secretary Len McCluskey as being a ‘disease that’s ripping through our workplaces’.
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Ministers in soup over pressures on chefs
Monday, April 26th, 2021
Ministers need to tighten up the legislation to stop chefs - one of the groups of employees most hit by Covid-19 – from being pressurised into working more than...
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Hotel workers say no to ‘fire and re-hire’
Monday, April 26th, 2021
Unite, which represents thousands of workers in the hotel sector, held socially distanced demonstrations today (26 April) outside the flagship hotels of Interco...
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End ‘bully boy’ fire and rehire fight launched
Monday, April 26th, 2021
Unite today (Monday April 26) launched a major national campaign to end the growing practice of fire and rehire.
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Our Streets
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
With flowers for a vigil and a sombre tone women gathered to pay their respects. Why couldn’t she have been left alone?
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Win for Sheffield University Students' Union workers
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
Unite victory for workers on zero hours at Sheffield University Students' Union
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“Our members know their worth"
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
Engineers at Melrose-owned Brush Electrical in strike ballot over fire and rehire cuts of up to £15,000
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‘Never been a better time to care’
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
I’m the Labour Party candidate for West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, and currently work as legal aid solicitor and member of Unite. I represent peopl...
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'Only the start'
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
Doctors in Unite (DiU) determined to fight American healthcare company takeover of UK GP practices after ‘brilliant’ demo
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‘No remote sign on. Full stop’
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
London bus operator Metroline has until 10 May to permanently drop its controversial ‘remote sign on’ policy – or it will face a summer of strikes, Unite warned...
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Secret shame of Crossrail’s way to boost profits
Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
Unite has learned that secret changes to the way procurement rules operate on the heavily delayed Crossrail project mean that contractors are able to ignore pre...
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‘It’s time to be bold’
Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
I am a fighter and I am standing for our people. I was born and raised in the Tees Valley, worked as a retail worker, youth worker and went on to start a charit...
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JDE 'acting like employer from Victorian times'
Wednesday, April 21st, 2021
Summer holidays ban’ for Banbury coffee workers to thwart industrial action in ‘fire and rehire’ row, claims Unite
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Dyson tax text scandal
Wednesday, April 21st, 2021
PM’s Dyson tax texts encapsulates ‘lobbying and sleaze’ that failed UK manufacturing workers
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'JDE can't say they're struggling'
Tuesday, April 20th, 2021
Unite regional officer Chris Gray: Jacob Douwe Egberts fire and rehire tactics 'splitting up families'
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'Slap in the face to long-serving workforce'
Tuesday, April 20th, 2021
Unite to fight to save jobs as Argos announces closure of Somerset distribution centre
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NHS at real risk of sell off to ‘profit-hungry’ US firms
Tuesday, April 20th, 2021
In just two days’ time Unite GPs will be making a stand. The protest is against GP practices being taken over by US health insurance giant Centene Corporation –...
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'Year of jobs destruction'
Tuesday, April 20th, 2021
Number of people on UK company payrolls has plummeted by 800k since pandemic began
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