coronavirus

'Instantly aggressive and confrontational'

Friday, July 31st, 2020

Bus drivers face increased passenger abuse amid pandemic over face coverings

6 min

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heatwave

Feeling the heat?

Friday, July 31st, 2020

Amid latest heatwave, Unite reiterates call for maximum working temperature

4 min

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Heroes and zeroes

Friday, July 31st, 2020

UniteLIVE highlights the latest heroes and zeroes amid coronavirus pandemic

10 min

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apprentices

Back UK auto-industry – or risk losing it call

Thursday, July 30th, 2020

According to the Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), figures released today (July 30) show UK automotive production during the first half of 202...

5 min

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nurses nhs

NHS pay 'elephant in the room'

Thursday, July 30th, 2020

Unite: NHS 'People Plan' rings hollow as health staff still wait for pay rise

4 min

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‘Workers are holding their breath’

Thursday, July 30th, 2020

Picking up last weekend’s press, I almost choked on my morning tea when I read that ‘Red Wall Tories’ were working to save UK aerospace. This was news to me – a...

7 min

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A nurse is for life...

Thursday, July 30th, 2020

Last night, July 29, hundreds of London's NHS workers started their march to Downing Street from St Thomas' Hospital on the South Bank to protest about their pa...

2 min

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'It costs less to keep people off the dole'

Thursday, July 30th, 2020

Government faces mounting pressure to extend furlough scheme

6 min

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Unite fears for vulnerable as shielding ends

Wednesday, July 29th, 2020

At first being outside was terrifying. Masked and gloved up what would happen if I encountered another human being? Passers-by must have seen the fear in my eye...

8 min

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Increase in hunger 'miserable legacy' of pandemic

Wednesday, July 29th, 2020

New gov't-commissioned review calls for free school meals expansion

8 min

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Pandemic public inquiry call

Wednesday, July 29th, 2020

Unite renews call for pandemic public inquiry, following MPs’ report into untested patients discharged to care homes

3 min

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NHS heroes in fight back stand

Wednesday, July 29th, 2020

Despite 500 NHS and care workers dying in the line of duty, Unite NHS members are now having to take action for their pay, their jobs and their very futures

7 min

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nhs

Catering staff at NHS trust 'thrown on the scrapheap'

Tuesday, July 28th, 2020

Barts’ bosses blasted over catering jobs axe

3 min

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Childcare crisis

Tuesday, July 28th, 2020

Sacked mums say lack of childcare provision played role in redundancies

6 min

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nurses nhs

Early NHS pay rise call

Tuesday, July 28th, 2020

Anger over NHS pay sparks Downing Street march tomorrow

6 min

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'Gov't support must come now'

Monday, July 27th, 2020

Bus maker Alexander Dennis job losses ‘devastating blow’

4 min

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Earlier lockdown could have saved London bus drivers' lives

Monday, July 27th, 2020

Unite calls for action following review of high bus driver death rates from Covid-19

5 min

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UK may have to wait 4 years for full economic recovery

Monday, July 27th, 2020

New bleak economic forecast highlights need for furlough extension and other gov’t support

4 min

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