Helping us through the dark days
Tuesday, May 19th, 2020
That’s why, in mental health awareness week, Unite health sector, which includes our psychologist members, have forwarded to us an ingenious four week calendar ...
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coronavirus
Not at the expense of workers
Tuesday, May 19th, 2020
He said Unite had processes in place that could make the static workplace safe – and had been in talks with government at the highest level – but he emphasised,...
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Employers and gov't urged to get to grips with mental health crisis
Monday, May 18th, 2020
Unite highlights pandemic anxieties as majority of workers fear losing their jobs
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‘We’re at five minutes to midnight…’
Monday, May 18th, 2020
“Governments in Europe and globally have provided financial support for their aviation sectors because they recognise it is vital to an economy, and the UK gove...
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'Rocket booster' NHS blueprint
Monday, May 18th, 2020
Health unions draw up plan for safely reopening NHS
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Chancellor, get back round table with unions call
Monday, May 18th, 2020
Trade unions have also been at the virtual table in daily discussions with ministers and employers, thrashing out the urgent measures needed to keep our people ...
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‘Slap in the face’
Friday, May 15th, 2020
“JCB is preparing to throw 1,500 workers under the bus just as the government asks employers to pay their fair share towards protecting jobs and keeping the hea...
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Solidarity with Uganda – help needed
Friday, May 15th, 2020
Unite Greater Manchester Social Action Branch is launching an urgent appeal on behalf of the Amalgamated Transport & General Workers Union (ATGWU) in Uganda to ...
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While our hearts break…
Friday, May 15th, 2020
while our hearts break to the sound of sirens.
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‘Another world is possible’
Friday, May 15th, 2020
In Kingston Hospital, where I was hospitalised, a memo was issued just days after I was discharged warning that PPE was running so low that all non-critical war...
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Test meat processing workers now call
Friday, May 15th, 2020
Unite calls for Covid-19 testing at meat processing sites after Moy Park worker dies
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'They must be properly rewarded'
Thursday, May 14th, 2020
Unite calls on government to support council workers as English councils face £10bn coronavirus ‘black hole’
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True human cost of Covid-19
Thursday, May 14th, 2020
Unite workplace reps are at the forefront of dealing with the crisis at work across all sectors of the economy, and a report published this week based on a surv...
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Mental health tops workers’ lockdown worries
Thursday, May 14th, 2020
Dealing with employees’ mental health challenges on this scale is not going to be easy and Unite is calling on employers to take proactive and immediate action,...
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Public transport in London packed
Wednesday, May 13th, 2020
Trains, tubes and buses heaving on first day gov’t told people to return to work
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Working people must not pay for economic crisis
Wednesday, May 13th, 2020
Public sector pay freeze must be taken off the table
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Public transport guidance 'lacks clarity'
Tuesday, May 12th, 2020
Unite slams latest government public transport guidance
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Furlough scheme extended
Tuesday, May 12th, 2020
Unite welcomes news jobs retention scheme extended until end of October
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