coronavirus

‘Come clean’ call to council

Wednesday, August 26th, 2020

The decision by Lewisham council to extend the contract of Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) to run the authorities leisure services has been condemned by Unite t...

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A 'united' kingdom?

Wednesday, August 26th, 2020

Unite calls on people to keep community spirit as new research shows dissipating belief in unity after lockdown has eased

6 min

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‘Not quite lockdown’ for Brum  

Tuesday, August 25th, 2020

It was announced today (August 25) that Birmingham City Council is to introduce a series of legally enforceable measures from tomorrow to try and contain the sp...

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'All about greed and not need'

Tuesday, August 25th, 2020

ESS Group accused of using Covid-19 to ‘steal’ working weeks and pay from MoD workers

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Metroline bus drivers take stand against remote sign on

Tuesday, August 25th, 2020

London warned of bus chaos as angry drivers poised for strike action

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Victory for Care at Home staff

Monday, August 24th, 2020

Over 300 Care Home staff in South Ayrshire secure pay rise

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Rural jobs at risk

Monday, August 24th, 2020

New research finds 320,000 jobs in rural communities could be lost once the furlough scheme ends

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'Victory for common sense'

Friday, August 21st, 2020

Unite hails victory as University of Sheffield drops plan ‘to sack and rehire’ 8,000 staff on inferior pay

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Meat plant deep clean after new Covid cluster found

Friday, August 21st, 2020

After 35 staff tested positive for the virus the pork meat processing plant will now close for a deep clean this weekend. It’s understood testing and tracing wi...

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Heroes and zeroes

Friday, August 21st, 2020

UniteLIVE highlights the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis

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pathologists

'We've just been thrown under the bus'

Friday, August 21st, 2020

Unite PHE members speak out after government scraps Public Health England

9 min

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'This fight will go all the way'

Friday, August 21st, 2020

BA staff overwhelmingly reaffirm that the fight goes on with call for strike action

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Time to be ‘more German’?

Thursday, August 20th, 2020

In the UK, the Chancellor is refusing to extend the furlough scheme despite the prospect of mass job losses. But in Germany, the ‘Kurzarbeit’ social insurance s...

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easyJet passengers and staff treated 'with complete disregard'

Thursday, August 20th, 2020

Abandoned in Croatia, easyJet passenger shares his holiday nightmare story as Unite stages easyJet protests over regional base closures

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British Airways heading for 'winter of discontent'

Thursday, August 20th, 2020

Unite warns ‘appalling’ BA that fight to stop its industrial thuggery is stepping up

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Bus maker Alexander Dennis urged to 'come clean' over job cuts

Wednesday, August 19th, 2020

Unite slams Alexander Dennis over opportunistic job cuts and Turkey outsourcing plans

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'Jobs for the boys and girls'?

Tuesday, August 18th, 2020

Unite slams ‘nakedly corrupt display’ as Tory peer with no public health experience appointed leader of PHE successor

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Council workers reject 'poverty pay' offer

Monday, August 17th, 2020

Unite council workers reject ‘insulting £1.83 a day poverty pay’ offer that will now be imposed

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