Outbreak waiting to happen
Friday, February 19th, 2021
Unite warns of quarantine hotels outbreak risk and reiterates calls for union consultation and better health and safety provisions
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coronavirus
'No jab, no job'?
Thursday, February 18th, 2021
Unite: ‘No jab, no job’ contracts ‘disgraceful attempt to create a divisive narrative around workers and the vaccine’
5 min
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'Into the clutches of poverty and hunger'
Tuesday, February 16th, 2021
Growing calls to cancel £20-a-week Universal Credit cut as new research shows 420k children will be plunged into poverty if extra payment is axed
7 min
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'Covid secure hotels' call
Friday, February 12th, 2021
Unite hospitality organiser Bryan Simpson: 'gov't plans for quarantine hotels fail to put in place even the most basic safety provisions'
2 min
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Government quarantine hotels policy failing to protect workers
Friday, February 12th, 2021
Unite issues warning after BBC reveals how government’s quarantine hotels policy fails to stack up to Australia’s
4 min
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Unite welcomes Labour support for aviation
Thursday, February 11th, 2021
Unite welcomed Labour’s call today (February 11) for the government to introduce a sector specific support package for aviation.
3 min
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‘I’ve forgotten what it’s like to just be free’
Friday, February 5th, 2021
“I’m sad today. I have too much work. It stacks up so quickly and I don’t have the same support I’d have in school. I get easily overwhelmed and I got a consequ...
9 min
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HS2 social distancing helmets warning
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021
Social distancing helmets for HS2 must not result in workers being disciplined, warns Unite
3 min
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Unite joins forces with Day-Mer in 'long overdue' campaign
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021
New campaign launched to tackle employment abuses of the Turkish/Kurdish community in London
5 min
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Mitie 'targeting low-paid cleaners' at Heathrow
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021
Mitie accused of adopting discriminatory policies to target low paid Heathrow pay cleaners
4 min
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Portsmouth council 'recklessly putting workers and tenants at risk'
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021
Portsmouth council accused of exposing tenants and workers to Covid-19
5 min
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'Recipe for tragedy'
Friday, January 29th, 2021
Forcing builders onto bikes is dangerous warns Unite, as TfL issues construction worker travel advice
4 min
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Latest UK car production figures 'worst in a generation'
Thursday, January 28th, 2021
Unite: plummeting car production figures must act as government wake-up call
5 min
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Quarantine hotels must be Covid-secure
Thursday, January 28th, 2021
Unite calls for Covid-secure quarantine hotels after shocking new figures show high hospitality sector Covid death rates
4 min
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'Further blow to aviation sector'
Wednesday, January 27th, 2021
Unite reiterates call for government to support aviation sector as new hotel quarantine system announced
6 min
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‘Fix furlough and extend it now’
Tuesday, January 26th, 2021
Urging the government to extend the job retention scheme, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey today (January 26) said, “The government mustn't repeat the mist...
2 min
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‘Please follow the guidelines’
Monday, January 25th, 2021
Yet more frontline bus driver heroes have died in this current wave of the Covid pandemic. Earlier today (January 25) Unite paid tribute to ‘well-loved and ...
5 min
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Manchester bus drivers fight fire and rehire plans
Monday, January 25th, 2021
Strike ballot in Manchester bus drivers fire and rehire dispute
4 min
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