coronavirus

Covid by nation

Monday, November 2nd, 2020

As you will be aware England will go into a second lockdown from 00:01 GMT Thursday  November 5. Information from the Cabinet Office on the new national restric...

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'Stop gap deal'

Monday, November 2nd, 2020

Unite cautiously welcomes TfL funding deal – but calls for long-term plan

6 min

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UK faces ‘a winter of shrunken incomes and punishing uncertainty’ warns Unite

Saturday, October 31st, 2020

As the Jobs Retention Scheme closes the leader of the country’s leading trades union has called on the government to give an exhausted country some hope by brin...

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‘Test and trace’ failure – another nail in NHS’ coffin?

Friday, October 30th, 2020

As the UK population faces Covid-19 restrictions until next spring, the mistakes in the government’s ‘test and trace’ policy have been cruelly exposed and there...

7 min

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'Selflessness, kindness, togetherness'

Friday, October 23rd, 2020

Determined Marcus Rashford inspires businesses and local councils to step in after government rejects free school meals extension

6 min

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Heroes and zeroes

Friday, October 23rd, 2020

UniteLIVE highlights the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis

11 min

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'Always running to keep up'

Thursday, October 22nd, 2020

Chancellor criticised for failing to act sooner after latest economic update

9 min

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Whatever it takes

Thursday, October 22nd, 2020

Unions and Labour politicians demand greater support for workers ahead of chancellor’s economic update

7 min

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'Fighting the corner of the low-waged and vulnerable'

Wednesday, October 21st, 2020

Unite throws support behind Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham and northern communities

6 min

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Punishing the poorest

Wednesday, October 21st, 2020

Unite: proposed TfL funding will hit poorest Londoners hardest

4 min

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Some more susceptible to Long-Covid than others

Wednesday, October 21st, 2020

Groundbreaking study reveals women and those over 50 at greater risk of developing Long-Covid

6 min

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Following the shocking news that car parts supplier Unipart Automotive has gone into administration, over a thousand Unite members fear the worst for their jobs.

'We will not allow workers to be sold out'

Wednesday, October 21st, 2020

Walsall demonstration to protest at Chamberlin and Hill Castings pay cuts

3 min

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'Truly inspirational'

Wednesday, October 21st, 2020

Unite endorses Cuban medic volunteers for Nobel Peace Prize for their work in fighting Covid-19 pandemic

2 min

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'This is not going away anytime soon'

Tuesday, October 20th, 2020

Footballer Marcus Rashford and Labour party in latest fight for gov’t U-turn on free school meals

7 min

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'Epidemic of ill health' at Heathrow

Tuesday, October 20th, 2020

Shock new survey reveals reality of working at Heathrow as airport bosses press ahead with huge pay cuts

4 min

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construction

'Shocked and angry'

Monday, October 19th, 2020

Industrial discontent looming in construction as out of touch employers impose a pay freeze on workers

4 min

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'Short-sighted and self-defeating'

Monday, October 19th, 2020

Unite joins TUC in campaign to save Union Learning Fund

4 min

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PM 'must stop playing politics with people's lives'

Friday, October 16th, 2020

Unite GS Len McCluskey: no deal Brexit will be disaster for economy already suffering from pandemic

3 min

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