coronavirus

'Tiers' of woe

Friday, October 16th, 2020

UniteLIVE investigates the new lockdown system – and calls for urgent government support for workers facing financial hardship

9 min

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Heroes and zeroes

Friday, October 16th, 2020

UniteLIVE highlights the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis

12 min

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'All in this together'?

Thursday, October 15th, 2020

Heathrow rejects workers’ offer to payback bonuses to help avert industrial action

4 min

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Young people 'consigned to the scrapheap'

Wednesday, October 14th, 2020

Nearly 2m young people fear homelessness if they lose their jobs

6 min

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Cornwall 'hung out to dry'

Wednesday, October 14th, 2020

Cornwall’s Tory MPs ‘failing to open the batting’ for cash-strapped public sector and economy

4 min

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'Prime' time to take on Amazon

Wednesday, October 14th, 2020

Gov’t must force retail giant Amazon to treat workers better and pay more tax

7 min

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ESS 'UK's most heartless employer'

Tuesday, October 13th, 2020

Unite slams outsourcer ESS' sign or be sacked policy as Parliament prepares to debate cruel practices

5 min

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'On the precipice of an unemployment crisis'

Tuesday, October 13th, 2020

Redundancy figures surge at the fastest rate since records began

7 min

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BA boss Alex Cruz replaced

Monday, October 12th, 2020

Unite calls for a ‘new chapter of constructive relations’ at British Airways as Aer Lingus chief installed as Cruz’ successor

4 min

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"More support is needed to save jobs and protect incomes"

Friday, October 9th, 2020

Gov’t will pay two-thirds of workers’ wages for business forced to shut under Covid-19 restrictions

6 min

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Heroes and zeroes

Friday, October 9th, 2020

UniteLIVE highlights the latest heroes and zeroes amid coronavirus crisis

9 min

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'Crass and insensitive'

Friday, October 9th, 2020

Cabin crew should retrain as care workers? This isn’t the first time DWP secretary Therese Coffey’s comments have sparked fury

5 min

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Pandemic 'shines even brighter spotlight on mental health'

Friday, October 9th, 2020

Ahead of World Mental Health Day on Saturday, mental health services have never been more important

7 min

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'Crying out for support'

Thursday, October 8th, 2020

easyJet call for bespoke government support echoed across entire aviation sector

3 min

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'Dangers as well as opportunities' for home workers

Thursday, October 8th, 2020

Unite: rise in homeworking requires negotiation and agreement not imposition

3 min

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Heroes and zeroes

Friday, October 2nd, 2020

UniteLIVE highlights the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis

11 min

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tv licence pensioners

Don't switch us off!

Thursday, October 1st, 2020

Unite Retired and Community members in fight to save free TV licences for over 75s

5 min

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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...

3 min

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