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Stricter measures needed to combat Covid on construction sites

Monday, November 23rd, 2020

Unite calls for separate procedures to cover both indoor and outdoor construction work to stop virus transmission

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'Why is it that we pick the pockets of the least well paid?'

Friday, November 20th, 2020

Unite AGS Gail Cartmail tears to shreds arguments in favour of public sector pay freeze

2 min

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'Kick in the teeth'

Friday, November 20th, 2020

Unite slams government plans after reports of an upcoming public sector pay freeze

7 min

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'Devastating news for E.ON workers'

Friday, November 20th, 2020

Nearly 700 job losses at energy giant E.ON ‘grim news’, says Unite

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Unite statement on Saudi Arabian human rights abuses

Friday, November 20th, 2020

Ahead of G20 summit, Unite and other unions call on UK gov't to raise concerns over human rights abuses by Saudi authorities

3 min

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'Cast iron guarantees' on UK defence spending call

Friday, November 20th, 2020

Unite cautiously welcomes UK defence spending boost – but warns money must be spent to support and create UK jobs

7 min

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Think tank report touting public sector pay freeze ‘an insult’

Friday, November 20th, 2020

Unite: Government must ‘turn warm words into hard cash’ for public sector workers

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'Open the toilets to frontline workers'

Thursday, November 19th, 2020

World Toilet Day: Unite national officer Bobby Morton calls on the government to ensure toilet access for all frontline workers

2 min

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'Everybody should have access to a toilet'

Thursday, November 19th, 2020

World Toilet Day: Unite national officer Adrian Jones explains why toilet dignity is so important

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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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'Yet more cronyism and chaos from this Tory government'

Thursday, November 19th, 2020

Spending watchdog reveals PPE suppliers with Tory political connections were ten times more likely to be awarded contracts

7 min

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Unite calls for toilet dignity on World Toilet Day

Thursday, November 19th, 2020

UK drivers denied access to toilets with Covid lockdown worsening situation, Unite survey reveals

4 min

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A Phoenix for Christmas Dinner?

Wednesday, November 18th, 2020

“We’ve been working against holiday hunger for three and a half years now as a trade union with Unite Community and industrial members. I believe trade unions s...

9 min

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Minister must retract chlorine chicken claim

Wednesday, November 18th, 2020

George Eustice must withdraw ‘worrying and incorrect’ claim that USA poultry farms ‘don’t use chlorine much’

4 min

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electric vehicles

'Rebadged funding pots and reheated pledges'

Wednesday, November 18th, 2020

PM’s 10-point green industrial revolution plan fails to meet challenges of unemployment and climate change, says Unite

7 min

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'No choice but to strike'

Tuesday, November 17th, 2020

Airbus Filton first responders strike over £6,000 Securitas pay downgrade

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First West Yorkshire bus drivers balloted for strike action

Monday, November 16th, 2020

Call for West Yorkshire bus company to restore drivers’ terms and conditions, as passenger numbers rise to ‘near normal’ levels

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Unite legal win: the right to picket is a human right

Monday, November 16th, 2020

WATCH: Unite AGS Howard Beckett breaks the good news to striking Optare workers after Unite legal challenge over picketing

2 min

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