‘A deep and damaging recession looms’
Friday, November 6th, 2020
Today Friday November 6, alongside our Scottish regional secretary Pat Rafferty, I am co-hosting the latest in a series of regional meetings to discuss Unite...
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‘People need more than short-term sticking plasters’
Thursday, November 5th, 2020
Commenting in response to the Chancellor’s latest announcement (today, Thursday November 5) of additional financial support for business and workers in lockdown...
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The dark underbelly of the food industry
Wednesday, November 4th, 2020
Recently, a number of celebrity chefs and restauranteurs, including Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, signed a letter calling on Boris Johnson to ba...
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'We cannot let another bad boss win'
Monday, November 2nd, 2020
Unite’s Wayne King: standing up to Heathrow bosses ‘about fairness in challenging times’
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‘Test and trace’ failure – another nail in NHS’ coffin?
Friday, October 30th, 2020
As the UK population faces Covid-19 restrictions until next spring, the mistakes in the government’s ‘test and trace’ policy have been cruelly exposed and there...
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‘Timing of the decision is bizarre in the extreme’
Thursday, October 29th, 2020
The government’s decision to axe the Union Learning Fund (ULF) has been met with growing opposition from major employers’ organisations and skills bodies.
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Have compassion for the unhappy
Friday, October 16th, 2020
Stretch out a hand but don’t clasp. Seize what’s left on the floor against the door.
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Spycops bill must be opposed
Tuesday, October 13th, 2020
Spycops bill puts trade unions and other lawful organisations at risk of infiltration
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‘Thin gruel for fearful workers’
Monday, October 5th, 2020
“I’m afraid to say that when the country hungers for a hearty diet of jobs saving and creation, the chancellor has offered little more than thin gruel for fearf...
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Winter on the dole?
Monday, October 5th, 2020
Thirty years ago, Norman Lamont was telling us high unemployment was a ‘price worth paying’ for his head-banger economics. Now we have Rishi Sunak. A better c...
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‘Full on struggle to save jobs’
Monday, October 5th, 2020
The battle to save jobs is the most important social and economic issue emerging from the pandemic and we’re in a full-on struggle to save jobs across the econo...
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Govt’s day of shame
Thursday, October 1st, 2020
Today is the annual UN Day for Older Persons, a day of celebration and recognition for a generation who have given a lifetime of work to build our nations and f...
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Mass unemployment still looms
Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
The Job Support Scheme measures announced on September 24 will provide some relief for some workers but more will need to be done to prevent a mass unemployment...
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Future trade deals must respect workers' rights
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020
UK, Australian and New Zealand trade unions issue stark warning to governments over trade deals
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Covid: Is writing on the wall for print and accountable broadcast news?
Wednesday, September 16th, 2020
The rival GB news channel being set up from the headquarters of Rupert Murdoch is said to be FOX News in style and content. With that on the horizon and the ev...
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Unite plea to PM: ‘Don’t abandon us’
Wednesday, September 9th, 2020
With Spain becoming the latest country to extend its pay protection scheme “for as long as it takes” – following Germany, the Netherlands and France – the UK go...
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Don’t miss out on Battle of Stockton event
Friday, September 4th, 2020
Unite’s Unity over Division campaign have supported this year’s event by recording a zoom conversation with some of our young members from North East, Yorkshire...
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Act now call as Belarus union leaders arrested and beaten
Thursday, September 3rd, 2020
Trade unions throughout Europe are working directly with their international and European Union federations to bring pressure on the EU to force tough sanctions...
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