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Early NHS pay rise call

Tuesday, July 28th, 2020

Anger over NHS pay sparks Downing Street march tomorrow

6 min

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'Gov't support must come now'

Monday, July 27th, 2020

Bus maker Alexander Dennis job losses ‘devastating blow’

4 min

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Earlier lockdown could have saved London bus drivers' lives

Monday, July 27th, 2020

Unite calls for action following review of high bus driver death rates from Covid-19

5 min

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UK may have to wait 4 years for full economic recovery

Monday, July 27th, 2020

New bleak economic forecast highlights need for furlough extension and other gov’t support

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'Warm words and applause are not enough'

Friday, July 24th, 2020

Unite calls for an early pay rise for all NHS workers

6 min

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Construction jobs portal 'cautiously welcomed'

Friday, July 24th, 2020

‘One stop shop’ for construction workers seeking jobs must be monitored for abuse

3 min

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'Incomprehensible' health visitor and school nurse job losses amid pandemic

Friday, July 24th, 2020

Unite slams planned job losses in Durham of those on public health frontline

4 min

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'No time for dithering'

Thursday, July 23rd, 2020

Call for Robert Jenrick to reimburse Nottingham council for Covid-19 costs

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'Serious mistake'

Thursday, July 23rd, 2020

Unite slams Unilever plan to sell successful tea division as company profits climb

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Women face workplace sexism at home

Thursday, July 23rd, 2020

Third of women asked to ‘dress sexier’ for work video calls

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'Opportunism of the worst kind'

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020

DFDS Immingham using Covid-19 ‘excuse’ for redundancies

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Return to austerity?

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020

Gov’t accused of hypocrisy after chancellor urges public sector pay ‘restraint’ and warns of cuts to come

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easyJet staff 'losing faith' in airline

Tuesday, July 21st, 2020

easyJet staff to stage airport demonstrations after voting no confidence in COO

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'Save our Jobs' call

Tuesday, July 21st, 2020

Unite hospitality members stage socially distanced demos in defence of their jobs

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Millions of public sector workers denied pay rise

Tuesday, July 21st, 2020

Care, local authority workers and most NHS staff left out of pay award despite working through pandemic

6 min

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steel tariffs

Protect our steel jobs call

Monday, July 20th, 2020

Speculation has emerged that Tata is in talks with the UK government to replace the plant’s blast furnaces with electric arc furnaces as a condition of its inve...

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UK govt ‘not doing enough’

Monday, July 20th, 2020

Unite has commented on business secretary Alok Sharma’s new announcement today (July 20) of £200m worth of grants for the aerospace industry – saying that despi...

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Southbank Centre support call

Friday, July 17th, 2020

No financial support for the Covid-19 hit Southbank Centre would be ‘a national disgrace'

3 min

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