‘A disaster waiting to happen’
Monday, July 13th, 2020
For many months Unite’s food and agriculture activists have been extremely concerned over the way workers are being packed into factories and field, many of the...
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BA should face slots review says angry public
Monday, July 6th, 2020
A new poll out today (July 6) reveals that the British public backs tough action against British Airways over its ‘fire and rehire’ plans – with both Conservati...
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‘They are putting people at risk’
Friday, July 3rd, 2020
When meat processing worker ‘Alex’ tested positive for coronavirus, he was forced to stay off work for a number of weeks, along with the colleagues he shares a ...
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Continue govt support call
Friday, June 26th, 2020
Industry bodies and cross-party politicians joined Unite in calling for an extension of the Job Retention Scheme (JRS), during a Manufacturing Matters webinar d...
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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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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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Leadership and incentive now call
Tuesday, June 9th, 2020
“The transition to electric vehicles will not occur overnight. During this period the government must also be promoting and assisting the new generation of low...
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Report shines ‘searing light’ on Covid-19
Friday, June 5th, 2020
As Unite had long suspected class and race are the biggest factors in determining those that have died or been taken ill by the Covid-19 pandemic – now an unden...
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Scared for their safety at work
Thursday, June 4th, 2020
Unite, representing staff working in call and contact centres across the financial services sector, has today (June 4) called for urgent action following the pu...
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Unite calls for ‘clarity and caution’ as Johnson leads nation into sea of chaos
Monday, May 11th, 2020
Last night (May 10) PM Boris Johnson revealed the government’s long awaited ‘condition plan’ in the first steps to get Britain off lockdown – which far from giv...
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Pulling out every lever
Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
Up to 9m workers may lose out on statutory sick pay, including those in the gig economy, agency workers or on zero hours contracts, and over seven million worke...
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NHS staff ready for coronavirus
Friday, March 6th, 2020
NHS workers can cope with Coronavirus but will need resources says Unite biomedical scientist.
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