coronavirus

'We must move cautiously'

Thursday, May 6th, 2021

Unite joins education unions, scientists and parents in warning over scrapping face coverings in secondary schools too soon

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Unite urges govt to be careful over compulsory vacs

Thursday, April 15th, 2021

Unite has urged the government to carefully examine the pitfalls, as well as the advantages, of requiring care home staff to be compulsorily vaccinated for Covi...

3 min

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Hospitality is back – but job loss pain remains

Monday, April 12th, 2021

Pubs and restos are now open outdoors – but 600k jobs in industry have gone

5 min

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Don't 'be left out or left behind'

Tuesday, March 30th, 2021

Unite welcomes comedian and actor Sir Lenny Henry’s appeal to African and African-Caribbean communities to take up the coronavirus vaccine

6 min

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The Wave

Friday, March 26th, 2021

On the first anniversary of lockdown we’re celebrating kindness. Poet Beaky describes how that has felt in these days of pain

4 min

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The year time stood still

Friday, March 26th, 2021

The pandemic has taken its dreadful toll – but the govt and some employers just want to use it as an excuse for low pay and workers’ rights abuses

9 min

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The community built on kindness and compassion

Friday, March 26th, 2021

Local campaign groups raises over £3K for the vulnerable at Christmas. This good work must continue across our communities, says Unite

5 min

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Pandemic 'holding up mirror to discrimination'

Friday, March 26th, 2021

BAEM workers 26 times harder hit by Covid-19 employment crisis

6 min

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'The forgotten key workers'

Friday, March 26th, 2021

UniteLIVE highlights the abuses migrant workers face amid pandemic

12 min

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Heroes of the year - bank branch workers

Friday, March 26th, 2021

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Health warning – crony-virus goes pandemic

Friday, March 26th, 2021

Spending watchdog reveals PPE suppliers with Tory political connections 10 times more likely to be awarded contracts

8 min

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Covid19 heroes: the supermarket lorry drivers

Friday, March 26th, 2021

Unite shop steward John Evans is one of the legion of delivery drivers selflessly making sure the nation is supplied with food during the coronavirus lockdown.

6 min

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Heroes of the year - care workers

Friday, March 26th, 2021

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Heroes of the year – Brompton Bikes workers

Friday, March 26th, 2021

More from our heroes of the year series - this time we thank our Brompton Bikes members

8 min

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Unseen heroes

Thursday, March 25th, 2021

Unite’s Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists highlights the vital role pharmacists have played throughout the pandemic

11 min

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Heroes of the year – Nissan workers making life-saving PPE

Wednesday, March 24th, 2021

Today we honour workers at Nissan, Unite members, who got to work making life-saving PPE at the height of the first wave of the virus. Find out more in our feat...

6 min

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‘NHS workers need sensitive support’

Wednesday, March 24th, 2021

Unite, which represents over 100,000 workers in the NHS, has today (March 24) called for maximum sensitivity and full consultation with unions to deal with the ...

2 min

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'NHS staff have been waiting too long' for proper pay rise

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021

NHS Pay Review Body recommendation delay helps ministers ‘desperate’ to avoid ‘unpopular’ one per cent pay issue

3 min

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