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Unseen heroes

Thursday, March 25th, 2021

Unite’s Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists highlights the vital role pharmacists have played throughout the pandemic

11 min

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Women under 'massive pressure'

Monday, March 8th, 2021

On International Women’s Day, UniteLIVE investigates the disproportionate impact of the Covid pandemic on women

12 min

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Boss’s shame as staff demand £170k in unpaid wages

Monday, March 1st, 2021

Serious questions continue to be asked into allegations that the owner of Lunar Automotive, previously based in Preston, has not paid his workforce to the tune ...

4 min

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'I don't know how I will cope'

Wednesday, February 24th, 2021

Unite reiterates call to cancel £20-a-week cut to Universal Credit as new Unite survey reveals depth of low-income families’ suffering

8 min

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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

8 min

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 ‘Just at the right time’

Wednesday, February 10th, 2021

Unite has today (February 10) launched the learning hub@heathrow to assist its members employed at Heathrow and the local community to develop their skills, to ...

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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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'Be the light in the darkness'

Wednesday, January 27th, 2021

Unite observes Holocaust Memorial Day and urges everyone to ‘never forget’

7 min

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'We refuse to be kicked again'

Thursday, January 21st, 2021

BA cargo workers speak out ahead of latest ‘fire and rehire’ strike

7 min

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NHS mental health crisis

Tuesday, January 19th, 2021

Unite rep and clinical psychologist Dr Kathryn Lloyd-Williams explores mental health impact of Covid-19 on NHS teams

6 min

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'Beacon of hope'

Thursday, January 14th, 2021

Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick workers rejoice in 'watershed moment' after their campaign pays off and historic site is saved

8 min

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‘It’s your voice we want to hear’

Monday, January 4th, 2021

Your union needs you! Your history is our history and to this end, Unite Education together with the Marx Memorial Library are putting together thoughts, feelin...

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'A fight for our lives'

Thursday, December 17th, 2020

Unite member and award-winning campaigner Hilda Palmer tells UniteLIVE about her decades-long fight for safer workplaces

10 min

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'Enough is enough'

Monday, December 14th, 2020

Heathrow strike gains momentum as Unite stages car rally

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It shouldn’t happen to a vet

Thursday, December 10th, 2020

When you think about veterinary surgeries it most likely conjures up images similar to James Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small. Of a friendly and harmonio...

5 min

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'Do the decent thing'

Wednesday, December 9th, 2020

Chancellor faces renewed pressure to keep Universal Credit increase as new poll shows widespread support for the uplift

7 min

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'We really don't know how we survived'

Friday, November 27th, 2020

At the height of the pandemic at Whittington Hospital, photographer Slater King unearths stories of grief, trauma and triumph

10 min

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‘Rights and fights that can and must be won’

Thursday, November 19th, 2020

It’s night time in Wroclaw, south west Poland. It’s dark. The streets are filled with people in face masks holding placards and chanting ‘I think, I feel, I dec...

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