‘Unite took on the company – and won’
Tuesday, December 7th, 2021
In the old days if Stagecoach drivers at a local depot took strike action, the bus giant would put the word out for scabs from outside the area to earn as much ...
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Next steps – Amazon now in Unite’s sights
Monday, December 6th, 2021
In a ‘ground breaking move’ Sharon told the Sunday Mirror on December 5 that her next target would be none other than the global mega-billions business, Amazon ...
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'Verging on total collapse'
Friday, October 8th, 2021
Critical care staff shortage crisis engulfs Guys’ and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
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'Biggest cut to social security ever'
Wednesday, October 6th, 2021
As nearly 6m people face devastating Universal Credit cut, Tory welfare chief Thérèse Coffey seen celebrating
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How solidarity saved lives
Monday, October 4th, 2021
On the death of Robert Somerville UNITElive looks back to how the Glasgow Rolls-Royce members’ defiant act of solidarity saved the lives of Pinochet’s imprisoned trade unionists
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'Cancel the cut' call
Friday, September 17th, 2021
Unite Community members protest outside Parliament calling on gov’t to cancel Universal Credit cut and extend £20 uplift to all claimants
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Unite members to fight against ‘this needless hardship’
Monday, September 13th, 2021
Labour’s opposition debate on the controversial cut, which is earmarked for after Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) this Wednesday, comes just days after work a...
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'They aren't fixing anything'
Friday, September 10th, 2021
Care workers and unpaid family carers speak out against government plans to ‘fix’ social care
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Going green with Unite
Friday, September 10th, 2021
With the recent report from the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) painting a stark picture of the future without immediate cuts to carbon emissio...
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About Money
Thursday, September 9th, 2021
A new play written by a Unite member lays bare the consequences of divide and rule tactics in the workplace - and reflects “exactly what’s going on” in the rea...
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Key to UK’s clean fuel future
Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
Ahead of MPs debating the future of Westinghouse Springfields in Preston, Lancashire, yesterday (September 7), in Westminster Hall, representatives of Unite hel...
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'Ill health making driver shortages even worse'
Monday, September 6th, 2021
Rising ill health a major factor in lorry and bus driver shortages
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'Major achievement'
Wednesday, August 4th, 2021
JDE Banbury coffee workers vote overwhelmingly in favour of deal that removes ‘fire and rehire’ threat
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‘The time to act is now’
Thursday, June 24th, 2021
Unite joins unions and wider travel industry in ‘Speak Up for Travel’ day of action
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Back Barry's Bill!
Thursday, June 17th, 2021
Unite joins Labour MPs in support of Labour MP Barry Gardiner’s bill to outlaw fire and rehire
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'Just not good enough'
Tuesday, June 8th, 2021
Unite: re-heated watchdog proposals fail to address biggest issue facing UK workers – fire and rehire
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Cornwall 'pushed to the margins for far too long'
Monday, June 7th, 2021
Ahead of G7 Summit, hosted in Cornwall this year, Unite calls on prime minister to commit to blueprint for region’s economic renaissance
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Not out of the woods yet
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
With the end of lockdown restrictions in sight, Unite urges government to see the bigger picture as NHS care backlog grows
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