coronavirus

Heroes and zeroes

Friday, September 18th, 2020

UniteLIVE highlights the latest heroes and zeroes of the coronavirus crisis

8 min

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Unite hails EDF apprenticeship announcement

Thursday, September 17th, 2020

Sizewell apprentice announcement demonstrates value of new build nuclear power stations

3 min

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Local lockdowns on the rise amid spike in cases

Thursday, September 17th, 2020

North east latest region to face restrictions amid failed test and trace system

6 min

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'Corruption on a cosmic scale'

Wednesday, September 16th, 2020

Covid-19 testing: Unite’s biomedical scientists slam private sector involvement, as NHS laboratories ‘sidelined’

8 min

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BA CEO's comments to MPs 'not entirely correct'

Wednesday, September 16th, 2020

Unite welcomes British Airways partial u-turn on fire and rehire – but warns issues not yet settled

3 min

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Covid: Is writing on the wall for print and accountable broadcast news?

Wednesday, September 16th, 2020

The rival GB news channel being set up from the headquarters of Rupert Murdoch is said to be FOX News in style and content.  With that on the horizon and the ev...

5 min

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PM told to extend furlough - or risk opening job loss 'floodgates'

Wednesday, September 16th, 2020

Unite GS Len McCluskey writes to prime minister Boris Johnson urging action on furlough scheme

6 min

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Defence workers 'left in tears'

Tuesday, September 15th, 2020

Unite slams MoD contractor ESS for forcing workers to accept pay cuts or be fired

4 min

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'Worried and fearful'

Tuesday, September 15th, 2020

London City Airport workers left ‘worried and fearful' over job losses

4 min

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'Don't betray UK workers'

Tuesday, September 15th, 2020

New film outlines Unite's SOS for Jobs campaign's key demands

2 min

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Bus drivers begin strike ballot

Monday, September 14th, 2020

London bus drivers employed by Singapore-owned Metroline will be balloted next week for industrial action which could hit the capital's roads this autumn in a d...

5 min

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'Amazing victory'

Monday, September 14th, 2020

Topshop's Arcadia retail firm U-turns on redundancy pay after Unite intervenes

3 min

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Early NHS pay rise call

Friday, September 11th, 2020

Unite calls for a ‘well-deserved’ 15 per cent pay rise or £3,000 for NHS staff on the Covid-19 frontline

4 min

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‘Afraid to take sick leave’

Friday, September 11th, 2020

Unite warns Norfolk’s Banham Poultry refusal to provide company sick pay increases risk of another outbreak

4 min

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'Disgraceful behaviour must stop'

Friday, September 11th, 2020

Unite London and Eastern cab section condemns abusive behaviour of London cabbies outside City Hall

3 min

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Momentum grows for furlough scheme extension

Friday, September 11th, 2020

MPs join mounting call for job retention measures to avert employment crisis

4 min

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Heroes and zeroes

Friday, September 11th, 2020

UniteLIVE highlights the latest heroes and zeroes amid coronavirus crisis

11 min

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Track and trace doomed to fail unless sick pay raised

Thursday, September 10th, 2020

Majority of workers would face financial hardship if forced to self-isolate on SSP

6 min

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