coronavirus

'Labour market on red alert'

Tuesday, June 16th, 2020

Number of workers on UK payrolls plummets by 600,000

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'Do the right thing'

Tuesday, June 16th, 2020

Pressure from footballer Marcus Rashford forces gov’t U-turn on free school meals

8 min

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'Painful blow for loyal workforce'

Monday, June 15th, 2020

JLR job losses another devastating blow for auto workers

3 min

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Aviation job losses continue to mount

Monday, June 15th, 2020

Heathrow axes 500 ambassadors and Stobart Air closes base in Southend Airport

5 min

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Unite: ‘Act now’ call

Saturday, June 13th, 2020

Aviation has been one of the worst affected sectors since the pandemic began, with a 97 per cent reduction in passenger flights. Every prediction is that the se...

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'National disgrace'

Saturday, June 13th, 2020

Unite GS Len McCluskey welcomes MPs’ denunciation of British Airways

7 min

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UK economy in April sees record decline

Friday, June 12th, 2020

UK GDP records biggest monthly fall in recorded history amid week of big job loss announcements

6 min

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'Nowhere for them to go'

Friday, June 12th, 2020

Unite West Midlands regional officer Tim Parker talks to Al Jazeera TV about the current dire state of the UK's auto manufacturing sector, where many skilled wo...

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Recessions kill people

Friday, June 12th, 2020

Unite AGS Steve Turner is interviewed on Al Jazeera TV and calls for the economy to be opened - or risk a new recession. 

2 min

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You’re not alone – Unite is here for you

Friday, June 12th, 2020

Unite is campaigning for the highest standards keeping workers safe and calling out companies that put them and the public at risk. Unite has been working flat ...

3 min

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Heroes and zeroes

Friday, June 12th, 2020

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

5 min

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Childcare sector bailout call

Thursday, June 11th, 2020

Unite joins call from TUC to protect women's jobs by supporting childcare provision

6 min

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BA parent IAG pleads poverty while set on Air Europa

Thursday, June 11th, 2020

As we have previously reported on UNITElive, British Airways is set on its ‘fire and hire’ policy, by sacking 12,000 of its 42,000-strong workforce, and re-empl...

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Don’t let 2020’s aviation industry become the new 1980s’ coal

Thursday, June 11th, 2020

A new report out today (June 11) on the UK’s aviation industry is saying as many as 124,000 jobs in the industry and its supply chain are at risk and could vani...

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UK economy 'among hardest hit' globally

Thursday, June 11th, 2020

As job losses mount, UK to take bigger economic hit than any other nation in developed world

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Unite video demolishes BA’s ‘fire & rehire’ claims

Wednesday, June 10th, 2020

New Unite video reveals true extent of BA’s plans to use health crisis as cover to slash jobs

3 min

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'Together we can do everything'

Wednesday, June 10th, 2020

Unite marks International Justice Day for Cleaners and Security Workers

2 min

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Caring behind closed doors

Wednesday, June 10th, 2020

Carers’ Week: unpaid carers’ voices must be heard

6 min

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