coronavirus

Celebrities back Unite's British Airways campaign

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020

Celebrities take to social media to slam BA as Unite campaign gains momentum

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'A quiet revolution'

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020

CSEU explores shorter working time in post-Covid19 era

4 min

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'A devastating effect'

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020

Unite London and Eastern regional officer Wayne King speaks out about the need for the government to take urgent action to save the UK's aviation sector, on BBC...

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‘Grim’ times for Heathrow’s workers?

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020

Hounslow council is warning that a third of the 100,000 households in the borough could be affected by job losses – shrinking the local economy and contracting ...

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'No stone left unturned'

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020

How Unite is fighting for a safe return to work for members

8 min

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waiter tipping tips

Reducing social distancing to 1m doubles infection risk

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020

Unite ‘strongly resists’ hospitality industry lobbying to reduce social distancing to 1m

7 min

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‘Disgraceful’ actions

Monday, June 1st, 2020

There’s no doubt that local authority workers are finding life tough right now – with little or no recognition for putting their safety at risk in the war again...

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Chancellor announces changes to furlough scheme

Friday, May 29th, 2020

McCluskey: Furlough changes welcome but fragile economy needs further assistance

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Heroes and zeroes

Friday, May 29th, 2020

UniteLive highlights the latest ‘heroes and zeroes’ amid coronavirus epidemic

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Now it is time to fight for jobs

Friday, May 29th, 2020

People and markets make the decisions and what actually moves them must be our focus, otherwise we will be left bitterly disappointed. We must remember that tac...

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Car manufacturing

British car production plummets

Friday, May 29th, 2020

UK car industry’s lowest output since Second World War highlights need for gov’t support

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BA betrayal: customers and partners alerted 

Friday, May 29th, 2020

This week campaigners have been alerting companies including HCL in Surrey, Barclays in Glasgow, Vodafone in Newbury, Microsoft, in Reading, GSK in Ulverston an...

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London bus workers' safety 'absolutely crucial'

Friday, May 29th, 2020

Unite safety reps to inspect London buses in phased return to front entry

4 min

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‘For the nation’s benefit’ 

Friday, May 29th, 2020

More than two months on from the promised but yet to emerge government support for the UK’s beleaguered aviation industry, Unite is warning that without urgent ...

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nuclear power

Boost for post-pandemic economy

Thursday, May 28th, 2020

New nuclear power station construction to create 25,000 jobs

3 min

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car manufacturing

Production to stay at Nissan Sunderland plant

Thursday, May 28th, 2020

Unite warns Nissan Sunderland efficiency savings must not include attacks on jobs or T&Cs

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'Millions hanging by a thread'

Thursday, May 28th, 2020

Don’t take that sharp right, Chancellor.  Work with those in business and the workplaces, the experts in defending and creating jobs, and you will take the righ...

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'Don’t sacrifice jobs in rush to exit furlough'

Thursday, May 28th, 2020

“This report bears out what we have been saying for weeks now, that removing the furlough support before business has had a chance to recover even slightly coul...

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